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==Professional career==

 

==Professional career==



*'''1992:''' Chief of
Staff
, Mayor of Nashville

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*'''
1991-
1992:''' Chief of
staff
, Mayor of Nashville
, Tennessee

 

*'''1985-1991:''' Attorney, private practice

 

*'''1985-1991:''' Attorney, private practice



*'''
1983-
1984:''' Legal
Counsel
, College of Charleston

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*'''1984
-1985
:''' Legal
counsel
, College of Charleston



*'''
1981
-1982:''' Assistant U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Tennessee

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*'''
1983-1984:''' Attorney, private practice



*'''1979-1980:''' Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois

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*'''1980
-1982:''' Assistant U.S. Attorney,
[[
Middle District of Tennessee
]]



*'''1977-1979:''' Assistant U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Tennessee

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*'''1979-1980:''' Assistant U.S. Attorney,
[[
Northern District of Illinois
]]

 

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*'''1977-1979:''' Assistant U.S. Attorney,
[[
Middle District of Tennessee
]]

 

*'''1974-1977:''' Attorney, private practice<ref name="FJC"/>

 

*'''1974-1977:''' Attorney, private practice<ref name="FJC"/>

 

 

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In 1993, Trauger was appointed to serve as a Bankruptcy Judge for the [[United States bankruptcy court, Middle District of Tennessee]].<ref name="FJC"/>

 

In 1993, Trauger was appointed to serve as a Bankruptcy Judge for the [[United States bankruptcy court, Middle District of Tennessee]].<ref name="FJC"/>

 

 



Trauger was nominated to serve on the [[United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee]] by President Bill Clinton on September 22, 1998 to a seat vacated by [[John Nixon]].  Trauger was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 21, 1998 on a Senate vote and received commission on [[c1998#October|October 22, 1998]].<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ntquery/
D
?nomis:
1
:
.
/
temp/~nomisdU2fdN:: "
THOMAS" Aleta A. Trauger USDC, MDTN
confirmation:PN1404-105
]</ref>

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Trauger was nominated to serve on the [[United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee]] by President Bill Clinton on September 22, 1998
,
to a seat vacated by [[John Nixon]].  Trauger was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 21, 1998
,
on a Senate vote and received commission on [[c1998#October|October 22, 1998]].<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ntquery/
z
?nomis:
105PN0140400
:/
''
THOMAS
'',
"
Presidential Nominations 105th Congress:
Aleta A. Trauger
(
USDC, MDTN
)," accessed March 19, 2014
]</ref>

 

 

 

==Awards and associations==

 

==Awards and associations==

 

===Awards===

 

===Awards===



*Trial Judge of the Year, 2012<ref>[http://www.tba.org/news/trauger-is-abota-trial-judge-of-year Tennessee Bar Association,
Sept.
27, 2012]</ref>

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*
American Board of Trial Advocates
Trial Judge of the Year, 2012<ref>[http://www.tba.org/news/trauger-is-abota-trial-judge-of-year
''
Tennessee Bar Association
''
,
"Trauger is ABOTA Trial Judge of Year," September
27, 2012]</ref>

 

 

 

==Notable cases==

 

==Notable cases==



{{Notable case format|Level = Judge|Title = Hold on arresting Occupy movement protesters in Nashville (2011)|Case Link = http://dockets.justia.com/docket/tennessee/tnmdce/3:2011cv01037/51768/|Case name = Occupy Nashville et al v. Haslam et al|Case number = 3:2011cv01037|Judge = [[Aleta Trauger]]|Court=United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee|Text = On  [[c2011#October|October 31, 2011]],
U.S. District
Judge
[[Aleta
Trauger
]]
issued a hold on new rules imposed by the state that were being used to arrest protesters in the "Occupy Nashville" protest. The judge's order was the response to a request by the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee to block a curfew put into effect by Governor [[Bill Haslam]] the week prior.  After the curfew was enacted, police used it to arrest individuals of the [[Wikipedia:Occupy movement|Occupy movement]] who were protesting at the Legislative Plaza in downtown Nashville.  The state reportedly did not fight the order and Hedy Weinberg, executive director at the ACLU of Tennessee, responded to the order by saying, "The state conceded that the temporary restraining order should be issued and we hope that this is the first step (that) the state is recommitting itself to safeguarding -- not thwarting -- public political expression."   

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{{Notable case format|Level = Judge|Title = Hold on arresting Occupy movement protesters in Nashville (2011)|Case Link = http://dockets.justia.com/docket/tennessee/tnmdce/3:2011cv01037/51768/|Case name = Occupy Nashville et al v. Haslam et al|Case number = 3:2011cv01037|Judge = [[Aleta Trauger]]|Court=United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee|Text = On  [[c2011#October|October 31, 2011]], Judge Trauger issued a hold on new rules imposed by the state that were being used to arrest protesters in the "Occupy Nashville" protest. The judge's order was the response to a request by the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee to block a curfew put into effect by Governor [[Bill Haslam]] the week prior.  After the curfew was enacted, police used it to arrest individuals of the [[Wikipedia:Occupy movement|Occupy movement]] who were protesting at the Legislative Plaza in downtown Nashville.  The state reportedly did not fight the order and Hedy Weinberg, executive director at the ACLU of Tennessee, responded to the order by saying, "The state conceded that the temporary restraining order should be issued and we hope that this is the first step (that) the state is recommitting itself to safeguarding -- not thwarting -- public political expression."   

 

 

 

 



The temporary hold on the law remained in place for 21 days, until a hearing could be held. Prior to that hearing, Governor Haslam asked that all charges against the protestors be dropped and expunged from their records.<ref>[http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/all-charges-against-occupy-nashville-protesters-dropped ''
The
City Paper'', "All charges against Occupy Nashville protestors dropped," November 14, 2011]</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/31/us/tennessee-occupy-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 ''CNN'' "Judge tells Tennessee to stop arresting Occupy protesters," November 1, 2011]</ref>}}

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The temporary hold on the law remained in place for 21 days, until a hearing could be held. Prior to that hearing, Governor Haslam asked that all charges against the protestors be dropped and expunged from their records.<ref>[http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/all-charges-against-occupy-nashville-protesters-dropped ''
Nashville
City Paper'', "All charges against Occupy Nashville protestors dropped," November 14, 2011]</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/31/us/tennessee-occupy-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 ''CNN''
,
"Judge tells Tennessee to stop arresting Occupy protesters," November 1, 2011]</ref>}}

 

 

 

==See also==

 

==See also==

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==External links==

 

==External links==



*[http://www.tnmd.uscourts.gov/judge_trauger Judge Aleta
Arthur
Trauger
USDC
,
MDTN Profile
]

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*[http://www.tnmd.uscourts.gov/judge_trauger
''United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee'', "Profile of
Judge Aleta
A.
Trauger,
" accessed March 19, 2014
]



*[http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2806&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na
Judge
Aleta Trauger Federal Judicial Center
Biography
]

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*[http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=2806&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na
Biography of
Aleta
Arthur
Trauger
] on the [[
Federal Judicial Center]
] website

 

 

 

==References==

 

==References==

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