Aleta Arthur Trauger

Who is Aleta Arthur Trauger?

Aleta Arthur Trauger is a United States federal judge.

Born in Denver, Colorado, Trauger received a B.A. from Cornell College in 1968, a Master of Arts in Teaching from Vanderbilt University in 1972, and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1976. She was a clerk and associate in private practice in Tennessee from 1974 to 1977. She was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Tennessee from 1977 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1982, serving in the Northern District of Illinois from 1979 to 1980. She was in private practice from 1983 to 1984, and was legal counsel to the College of Charleston from 1984 to 1985, returning to private practice from 1985 to 1991. She was a Chief of staff, Office of the Mayor, Nashville, TN from 1991 to 1992.

From 1993 to 1998, she was a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee.

On September 22, 1998, President Bill Clinton nominated Trauger to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee vacated by John T. Nixon. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 21, 1998, and received her commission on October 22, 1998.