Biography
 In
1993, President Clinton nominated Judge Daughtrey
to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for
the Sixth Circuit. She was confirmed by the Senate
on November 20, 1993.
Martha Craig Daughtrey was born in Covington, Kentucky
in 1942. She received her bachelor's degree from
Vanderbilt University in 1964 and graduated from
Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1968. She
is a member of both Phi Beta Kappa and Order of the
Coif.
From 1968 until 1972, Daughtrey worked as a prosecutor
in both federal and state courts in Nashville, Tennessee.
In 1972, Daughtrey was the first woman appointed
to the faculty of Vanderbilt University School of
Law and taught there as an assistant professor until
1975. Judge Daughtrey served as a judge on the Tennessee
Court of Criminal Appeals from 1975-1990 and as an
associate justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court
from 1990-1993. She was the first woman to serve
on both courts.
Judge Daughtrey is also currently a faculty member
of the Institute of Judicial Administration Appellate
Judges Seminar at New York University. She serves
as a council member of the ABA Section of Legal Education
and Admission to the Bar and is a fellow of the American
Bar Foundation, the Tennessee Bar Foundation and
the Nashville Bar Foundation. Judge Daughtrey has
chaired the Judicial Division of the ABA and the
ABA's Appellate Judges' Conference. She is a past
president of the National Association of Women Judges
and of the Women Judges' Fund for Justice.
Judge Daughtrey has been honored for her work by
the ABA's Margaret Brent Women of Acheivement Award
in 2003 and the National Association of Women Lawyer's
President Award in 1998, and by being named the National
Association of Women Judges Honoree of the Year in
1998, among other numerous awards and recognitions. |
