Former U.S. District Judge Todd Campbell died over the weekend. He was 64. His death was preceded by a years-long battle with a neurodegenerative disease, Campbell’s friend and fellow attorney Byron Trauger confirmed. Campbell, a Vanderbilt University and University of Tennessee College of Law graduate, was appointed by President Bill Clinton to the Nashville-based district court in 1995.
He retired shortly after the 2016 presidential election. Prior to joining the federal bench, Campbell practiced with Gullett, Sanford, Robinson and Martin and was a legal adviser to then-Sen. Al Gore’s 1988 presidential campaign. He joined Gore in Washington as an adviser after the Tennessean was elected vice president in 1992.
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U.S. District Judge Todd J. Campbell, a longtime Nashville resident who rose to counsel an American vice president before ascending to the federal bench, has died. He was 64.
The cause of death was multiple system atrophy, a neurodegenerative disease Campbell battled for years, according to Nashville attorney Byron Trauger, a partner in Trauger & Tuke and a longtime friend of Campbell’s.
Campbell died early Sunday, Trauger confirmed.
Campbell attended public schools in Nashville, graduating from McGavock High School in 1974, before attending Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee Law School. Campbell practiced law at Gullett, Sanford, Robinson and Martin in Nashville after his 1982 law school graduation, becoming an expert in Tennessee constitutional law and federal election law.