Private Practice

•  Whitlow, Roberts, Houston & Russell 1970-1994
  – Managing Partner – 1984-1994

United States District Judge

• Appointed October 1994-October 2022 – Chief Judge 2008-2011

Judicial Appointments

• Advisory Committee on Civil Rules for the United States Judicial Conference
• Co-Chair of the Committee to Restyle the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (2003-2007)
• Revisions adopted November 1, 2007
• Committee on the Administration of the Magistrate Judges System- Judicial Conference of the United States – 2008-2014
• Sixth Circuit District Judges Representative to the Judicial Conference of the United States 2017-2018
• President – United States District Judges Association, Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference 2015-2017
• Appointed by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in 2015 – 2022
• Appointed by Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to the United States Alien Terrorist Removal Court in 2015 for a five year term

Judicial Honors

Louisville Bar Association

– 2005 Judge of the Year

The Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

– 2005 Fair Administration of Justice Award

University of Kentucky Law Alumni Association

– 2011 Jurist of the Year

Kentucky Bar Association

• Distinguished Judge of the Year 2017
• Service to Young Lawyers Award 2022

Professional Organizations

•  McCracken County Bar Association
  – President 1989-90
•  Kentucky Bar Association
  – President 1991-92
• American Bar Association
  – Chair, Automobile Law Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1983-84
  – Chair, Public Relations Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1987-89
  – Program Chair, Midyear Convention, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1991-92
  – Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
  – Speaker at legal seminars for ABA, KBA, University of Kentucky College of Law, University of Louisville College of Law, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys, Murray State University, numerous other Bar Association seminars and meetings

Civic Organizations

•  President, Paducah Rotary Club
• Chair, McCracken County Red Cross
• President, Paducah Toastmasters Club
• Executive Board, Four Rivers Council- Boy Scouts of America
• Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 1
• Greater Paducah Economic Development Board
• Paducah Airport Board
• University of Kentucky Law School
• Visiting Committee-University of Kentucky School of Law
• University of Kentucky College of Law Lafferty Society
• University of Kentucky College of Law 2018 Alumni Hall of Fame

Honors

•  Glasgow High School Hall of Fame
• Broadway United Methodist Church
  – Chair of Church Council
  – Board of Trustees
  – Chair Pastor Parish Relations Committee