Judge Kevin Sharp - Nashville, TN

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, Tennessee
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Christian Brothers College
    B.S.
    Honors: summa cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Co-Vice Chairman

Past Positions

• Drescher & Sharp, P.C., Nashville, TN, Shareholder, 2003 - 2011
• Stokes, Bartholomew, Evans & Petree, P.A., Nashville, TN - Member, Litigation Section; Co-Chair, Employment Law Group, 1997 - 2003
• Stokes, Bartholomew, Evans & Petree, P.A., Nashville, TN, Associate Litigation, Federal and State, 1993 - 1996

Pro Bono Activities

• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee - Chief Judge, October 2014 to April 2017; Judge, May 2011 to September 2014
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee - Chief Judge, October 2014 to April 2017; Judge, May 2011 to September 2014
• U.S. Congressional Office of Compliance, Attorney, Washington, D.C., 1996 - 1997
• United States Navy, Petty Officer, Patrol Squadron 17, Barbers Point, HI, 1982 - 1986
• Former president, ALS Association, Tennessee Chapter
• Volunteer Counsel, Jeanne A. Carpenter Epilepsy Legal Defense Fund, 2005 - 2010
• Former board member (2001-2004) and legal counsel (1994-2004), Girl Scout Council of Cumberland Valley

Representative Cases

• United States of America ex rel. Derrick v. Hoffman-La Roche LTD et al.
• U.S. ex. Rel Duquoin Burgess v. Navistar
• Young v. Giles County Board of Education
• Rodriguez v. Providence Community Corrections, Inc.

Bar Admissions

• Tennessee, 1993
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee
• U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin

Other Affiliations

• American Bar Foundation (Sustaining Life Fellow)
• Napier-Looby Bar Foundation (Fellow)
• Nashville Bar Foundation (Fellow)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Nashville Bar Association (Member)
• Tennessee Bar Association (Member)
• Federal Bar Association (Member)
• National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) (Member)
• Tennessee Supreme Court Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection, 2004 - 2009 (Board Member)
• TBPR Disciplinary Hearing Committee, 2000 - 2006 (Member)
• Special Disciplinary Counsel to the Tennessee Supreme Court, 2001