Education

B.A., University of South Carolina
J.D., University of South Carolina

About

United States Bankruptcy Judge Suzanne H. Bauknight was appointed to serve in the Eastern District of Tennessee (at Knoxville) on November 10, 2014.  She previously served as an assistant United States attorney and civil division chief, representing federal agencies in a variety of matters, including bankruptcy and debt collection. During her term as chair of DOJ’s civil chiefs working group, she was appointed to the Advisory Committee of United States Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr.

Judge Bauknight earned her B.A. in international studies magna cum laude with honors from the South Carolina Honors College at the University of South Carolina and her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where she attended as a Carolina Legal Scholar. Judge Bauknight was law clerk to South Carolina Court of Appeals Judge C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr. Judge Bauknight began the practice of law as an associate at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, where she practiced in commercial and employment litigation.

Judge Bauknight is a member of the Tennessee, South Carolina, and Knoxville Bar Associations, serving as a member of the KBA Board of Governors and as co-chair of the government and public service sector lawyers’ section.  She is an emeritus master of the bench and past president of the Hamilton Burnett Chapter of the American Inns of Court. Judge Bauknight has taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee College of Law for more than ten years and is an associate editor of the American Bankruptcy Law Journal.