Bruce Guyton

Bruce Guyton, retired federal judge, has been selected as the deputy chief overseeing the Knoxville Police Department’s Office of Professional Standards. Guyton previously served as U.S. magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee for 20 years, retiring in 2022. Prior to that, he was a founding partner of Knoxville law firm Woolf, McClane, Bright, Allen & Carpenter where he specialized in discrimination and employment law. He earned his law degree from the University of Virginia.