Bush Nominates CCA Private Prison VP as District Court Judge

Bush nominates CCA VP to be US District Judge

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CCA VP nominated to be US District Judge

By Ken Whitehouse, Nashville Post
06-13-2007

Gus A. Puryear IV has been nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee. Puryear would replace the retiring Judge Robert L. Echols.

Puryear currently serves at the executive VP/secretary/general counsel at Corrections Corp of America, having been named an officer in the company in January 2001.

He is a member of the board of directors of Nashville Bank and Trust and has served as legislative director and counsel to former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist, as debate advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, and as counsel to the U.S. Senate's special investigation of campaign fundraising in the 1996 presidential election.

The Republican heavyweight has also clerked for Judge Rhesa Hawkins Barksdale, U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit in Jackson, Mississippi. He is a graduate of Emory University and received his J.D. from the University of North Carolina.

Puryear's campaign finance disclosure donation forms on file with the Federal Election Commission show that he has been a reliable source for GOP candidates, having maxed out to U.S. Bob Corker in this last election as well as being a regular contributor to the Tennessee and national Republican parties.

Puryear could not be reached for comment at the time of publication of this article.
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