Faculty Profile: Hon. Jane Stranch

Hon. Jane StranchUnited States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Previous Courses Taught (6)
  • POSTPONED: Federal Appellate Forum 2020
  • Disability Law: Open Court Cases
  • Disability Law Forum 2018
  • Fundamentals of Federal Appellate Practice
  • Litigation Forum 2014
  • Transactional Practice in Nashville
Biography

Jane B. Stranch was nominated by President Obama to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 2009 and confirmed in 2010. Stranch was a member and managing partner of the Nashville law firm of Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings, PLLC where she pursued a national practice in labor law and ERISA. She was in the second class of women admitted to the University of Virginia, is a summa cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt University and received her J.D. from Vanderbilt School of Law in 1978, Order of the Coif. She is a member of the Nashville, Tennessee, and American Bar Associations, Federal Judges Association, National Association of Women Judges, Lawyers' Association for Women and a Fellow of the Nashville and Tennessee Bar Foundations.