Alexander McVeagh

Circuit Court Judge
Year Elected/Appointed
2024
Prior Judicial Experience

Hamilton County General Sessions Court (Chattanooga, TN) (2017-2024)
Hamilton County Drug Recovery Court (Chattanooga, TN) (2018-2024)
 

Previous Employment

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, Litigator and Municipal Law Attorney (Chattanooga, TN)  (2012-2017) 
Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference, Research Analyst (Nashville, TN) (2012-2013) 
Tennessee State Senate Judiciary Committee, Research Analyst (Nashville, TN) (2009-2012)
 

Education
Vanderbilt University Law School, Juris Doctor (Nashville, TN) (2013) Vanderbilt University, Bachelor of Science, Economics (Nashville, TN) (2008)
Membership(s)

Tennessee Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission, Former Commissioner and Vice Chair (2018-2024)
Tennessee Supreme Court’s Electronic Filing Oversight Committee, Member (2019-Present)
Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services, Board Member (2024-Present)
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee’s Criminal Justice Investment Task Force, Member (2019-2021)
Tennessee Bar Association’s Leadership Law Program, Class of 2019
Tennessee Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Member and Current President-Elect (2013-Present)

Community Involvement

Rotary Club of Downtown Chattanooga, Member (2018-Present) 
American Inns of Court, Member (2013-Present)
Georgia Bar Association, Member (2013-Present)
American Bar Association, Member and Current Member of ABA House of Delegates (2013-Present) 
American Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Member and Current YLD Assembly Member (2013-Present)
Federal Bar Association, Chattanooga Chapter, Member and Past Board Member (2015-Present)
Chattanooga Bar Association, Member and Past Board of Governors Member (2013-Present)
Chattanooga Bar Association, Albert L. Hodge Volunteer of the Year (2019)
Chattanooga Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Board Member & Past President (2013-Present)
Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET), Volunteer and Board Member (2013-2017)
YMCA's Community Action Project (Y-CAP), Board Member (2015-2017) 
Hamilton County Accountability Courts Steering Committee, Member (2023-Present)
Tennessee Association of Recovery Court Professionals, Member (2018-Present)
All Rise (formerly NADCP – National Association of Drug Court Professionals), Member (2018-Present)           
Rise (All Rise’s National Treatment Court Conference), Attendee (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Southeast TN Association for Addiction Professionals, Certificate of Recognition (2018)
 

Alexander
McVeagh
Contact Info
4232096747
Address

625 Georgia Avenue, Room 308
Chattanooga, TN 37402
United States

Counties
Hamilton