predecessor birth_place office birth_date term_start appointer article_title name alma_mater
bernice donald washington , d.c. , u.s. judge western district of tennessee of the united states district court for the 1951 august 1 , 2012 barack obama john thomas fowlkes , jr. .
 john fowlkes valparaiso university university of denver
john thomas fowlkes , jr. .

john thomas fowlkes , jr. -lrb- born 1951 -rrb- is a united states district judge for the united states district court for the western district of tennessee .
