Court of Appeals Judge
Year Elected/Appointed
2022
Prior Judicial Experience
Law Clerk to Justice William C. Koch, Jr., Tennessee Court of Appeals & Tennessee Supreme Court, 2007-2012
Law Clerk to Judge W. Harold Albritton, United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, 2003-2004
Law Clerk to Judge Mary Beck Briscoe, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2004-2005
Law Clerk to Judge W. Harold Albritton, United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, 2003-2004
Law Clerk to Judge Mary Beck Briscoe, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, 2004-2005
Previous Employment
Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter, 2006-2007
Tenured Law Professor, Belmont University College of Law, 2012-2022
Tenured Law Professor, Belmont University College of Law, 2012-2022
Education
HARVARD UNIVERSITY Other 2006
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Undergraduate 2000
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Law School 2003
Honors
Tennessee Supreme Court Attorney for Justice – Recognized in multiple years
Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Class Selection
Belmont University Chaney Distinguished Professor Award Finalist
Belmont University College of Law Best Professor Award – Five-time recipient
Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Law Class Selection
Belmont University Chaney Distinguished Professor Award Finalist
Belmont University College of Law Best Professor Award – Five-time recipient
Membership(s)
Tennessee Bar Association
St. Lawrence Catholic Church
Nashville Bar Association
Friends of Illuminate Academy
Federalist Society
Belmont University College of Law American Inn of Court
St. Lawrence Catholic Church
Nashville Bar Association
Friends of Illuminate Academy
Federalist Society
Belmont University College of Law American Inn of Court
Publications
Defining Religion: The Struggle to Define Religion Under the First Amendment and the Contributions and Insights of Other Disciplines of Study, Including Theology, Psychology, Sociology, and the Arts, 83 N.D. L. Rev. 123 (2007)
Ancient and Modern Character Evidence: How Character Evidence Was Used in Ancient Athenian Trials, Its Uses in the United States, and What This Means for How These Democratic Societies’ Understand the Role of Jurors, 33 Okla. City U. L. Rev. 1 (2008)
The Game is Afoot: Constitutionalizing the Right to Hunt and Fish in the Tennessee Constitution, 77 Tenn. L. Rev. 57 (2009)
Good Enough for Government Work: The Interpretation of Positive Constitutional Rights in State Constitutions, 73 Alb. L. Rev. 1459 (2010)
Capital Punishment, Cultural Competency, and Litigating Intellectual Disability, 42 U. Mem. L. Rev. 855 (2012) (symposium)
Constitutional Constraints on Retroactive Civil Legislation: The Hollow Promises of the Federal Constitution and Unrealized Potential of State Constitutions, 14 Nev. L.J. 63 (2013)
Finding the Lost Involuntary Public Figure, 2014 Utah L. Rev. 951 (2014)
Defamation and the Government Employee: Redefining Who Constitutes a Public Official, 47 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 247 (2015)
Ancient and Modern Character Evidence: How Character Evidence Was Used in Ancient Athenian Trials, Its Uses in the United States, and What This Means for How These Democratic Societies’ Understand the Role of Jurors, 33 Okla. City U. L. Rev. 1 (2008)
The Game is Afoot: Constitutionalizing the Right to Hunt and Fish in the Tennessee Constitution, 77 Tenn. L. Rev. 57 (2009)
Good Enough for Government Work: The Interpretation of Positive Constitutional Rights in State Constitutions, 73 Alb. L. Rev. 1459 (2010)
Capital Punishment, Cultural Competency, and Litigating Intellectual Disability, 42 U. Mem. L. Rev. 855 (2012) (symposium)
Constitutional Constraints on Retroactive Civil Legislation: The Hollow Promises of the Federal Constitution and Unrealized Potential of State Constitutions, 14 Nev. L.J. 63 (2013)
Finding the Lost Involuntary Public Figure, 2014 Utah L. Rev. 951 (2014)
Defamation and the Government Employee: Redefining Who Constitutes a Public Official, 47 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 247 (2015)
Division
Middle Section
Jeffrey
Usman
Contact Info
6155327975
Address
401 7th Avenue
Nashville, TN 37219
United States