Faculty Profile: Alan Calhoun

Appointed to the bench by then Juvenile Judge Betty Adams Green in October of 2002, his current duties include presiding over cases of neglected and abused children as well as juvenile delinquency. Mr. Calhoun also supervises the Family Treatment Court and Juvenile Drug Court programs. Mr. Calhoun received his B.A. from Duke University in Political Science in 1989. He received his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law in 1994. After graduation from law school, he accepted employment with the Metropolitan Public Defender’s Office in Nashville, TN where he remained until his appointment as a magistrate. While at the Public Defender’s Office, he practiced adult criminal defense for the first four years of his employment. He was then offered a lateral transfer within the office as the newly created position of Metro Guardian Ad Litem, a position he held immediately prior to coming aboard with Juvenile Court. In this capacity, he represented children’s best interests in child welfare proceedings before the Juvenile Court. He resides in Nashville with his family.