Robert Allan Edgar
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Robert Allan Edgar (born 1940) is a United States federal judge.
Edgar was born in Munising, Michigan. He received a B.A. from Davidson College in 1962. He received an LL.B. from Duke University School of Law in 1965. He was in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967. He was in private practice in Chattanooga, Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. He was a Tennessee state representative from 1970 to 1972.
Edgar was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Edgar was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on February 26, 1985, to a seat vacated by H. Ted Milburn. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 15, 1985, and received his commission on April 16, 1985. He served as chief judge from 1998-2005. He assumed senior status on October 7, 2005.
Sources
- Robert Allan Edgar at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.