Harry Sandlin Mattice Jr.

Harry Sandlin Mattice Jr. (born 1954) is a United States federal judge.

Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Mattice received a B.S. from the University of Tennessee in 1976 and a J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1981. He was in private practice in Tennessee from 1981 to 2001. He was a senior counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs in 1997. He was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee from 2001 to 2005.

On July 28, 2005, Mattice was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee vacated by R. Allan Edgar. Mattice was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 24, 2005, and received his commission on November 18, 2005.

Sources

• Harry Sandlin Mattice Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.