Sharon Lee

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Tennessee Supreme Court
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Gary Wade Janice Holder Cornelia Clark William Koch Sharon Lee
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Sharon G. Lee (b. December 8, 1953) is a justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court. Justice Lee is a Democrat. She was appointed to the Tennessee Court of Appeals on June 4, 2004 and elected to that position in August of 2004. In October of 2008, Justice Lee was appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court and she was sworn in by Governor Bredesen on March 20, 2009. ^{[1] [2]}

Justice Lee is one of four justices on the five-justice court appointed by Democratic governor Phil Bredesen. She will face a retention election in November 2010 for a full eight-year term on the court.

Legal education

A native of Knoxville, Justice Lee graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. in Business Administration with high honors. Justice Lee earned her J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1978. ^[1]

Legal experience

Justice Lee was in private practice from 1978 to 2004. She has served as county attorney for Monroe County, has been a Madisonville city judge, a city attorney for Vonore and Madisonville, and was appointed to the Tennessee Court of Appeals. Justice Sharon Lee was appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court in October 2008. ^[1]

Awards and associations

• Rule 31 listed family mediator
• Tennessee Bar Association (house of delegates)
• Tennessee Bar Foundation
• Tennessee Judicial Conference (executive committee)
• Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women (director)
• East Tennessee Lawyer’s Association for Women (president)
• Knoxville Executive Women’s Association (secretary)
• Boys and Girls Club of Monroe Area (board of directors)
• Monroe County Bar Association (president, vice president and secretary)
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum, American Judicature Society, Scribes, National Association of Women Judges ^[1]

External links

• Biographies of the Tennessee Supreme Court justices

References