{{Short description|American judge}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Thomas Banister Russell | honorific_suffix = | image = Judge Thomas Russell.jpg | alt = | caption = | office = Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | term_start = May 19, 2015 | term_end = May 18, 2022 | appointer = John Roberts | predecessor = James Zagel | successor = Joan N. Ericksen | office1 = Judge of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court | term_start1 = 2016 | term_end1 = 2021 | appointer1 = John Roberts | predecessor1 = James C. Cacheris | successor1 = Louis Guirola Jr. | office2 = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky | term_start2 = November 15, 2011 | term_end2 = September 1, 2023 | office3 = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky | term_start3 = 2008 | term_end3 = 2011 | predecessor3 = John G. Heyburn II | successor3 = Joseph H. McKinley Jr. | office4 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky | term_start4 = October 11, 1994 | term_end4 = November 15, 2011 | appointer4 = Bill Clinton | predecessor4 = Edward Huggins Johnstone | successor4 = Gregory N. Stivers | pronunciation = | birth_name = Thomas Banister Russell | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|11|15}} | birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | education = {{nowrap|Western Kentucky University (BA)}}<br>University of Kentucky (JD) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }} '''Thomas Banister Russell''' (born November 15, 1945)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4m4Vy0nqTTsC&pg=PA672|page=672|title=Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, September 28; October 4 and 6, 1994|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1996}}</ref> is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. He also served as a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2015 to 2022. He served as a judge of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court from 2016 to 2021.
==Education and career==
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Russell received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Kentucky University in 1967 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1970. He was in private practice in Paducah, Kentucky from 1970 to 1994.
===Federal judicial service===
On September 14, 1994, Russell was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky vacated by Edward Huggins Johnstone. Russell was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 1994, and received his commission on October 11, 1994. He served as Chief Judge from 2008 to 2011. He took senior status on November 15, 2011. He served as a judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2015 to 2022. He served as a judge of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court from 2016 to 2021. He retired from active service on September 1, 2023.<ref>{{FJC Bio|nid=1387266}}</ref>
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