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Faculty Profile: Travis McDonough
- Labor & Employment Law Forum 2022: Judicial Panel
- 26th Annual Labor & Employment Law Forum
- Labor & Employment 2019: Judicial Panel
- 23rd Annual Labor & Employment Forum 2019
- Court Square Series 2016 in Chattanooga
- Pre-Trial Motions and Trial Preparation
- Litigation 2010: Injunctive Relief
- Litigation 2010: Post-Discovery Case Evaluation
- Litigation 2010: Depositions
- Litigation 2010: Getting to Court
- Litigation 2010: Electronic Discovery
- Litigation 2010: What You Need to Know
- Litigation 2009: Injunctive Relief
- Litigation 2009: Mediation, Negotiation, and Settlement
- Litigation 2009: Pre-Trial Motions and Trial Preparation
- Litigation 2009: Taking and Defending Winning Depositions
- Litigation 2009: Discovery Documents, Interrogatories, and Requests for Admission
- Litigation: What You Need to Know
Chief Judge Travis R. McDonough was raised in Marion County, Tennessee. President Barack Obama nominated him as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and he took his seat on Dec. 7, 2015. In 2020, he became Chief Judge of the Eastern District of Tennessee. Judge McDonough received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1994 from Sewanee, The University of the South, where he was named a Harry S Truman scholar. He received a Juris Doctor in 1997 from Vanderbilt University Law School. Judge McDonough served as an associate at the Chattanooga, Tennessee law firm of Miller & Martin, from 1997 to 2004, and as a partner at that firm from 2005 to 2013, additionally serving as head of the firm's litigation department from 2012 to 2013. During his service at that firm, he litigated a wide variety of civil and criminal matters in Federal and State courts. From 2013 to 2015, Judge McDonough served as Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Mayor of Chattanooga.