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Ellen Hobbs Lyle

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Ellen Hobbs Lyle
Prior offices:
Tennessee 20th Judicial District Chancery Court Part III
Year left office: 2022

Education
Bachelor's
University of Tennessee, 1978
Law
University of Tennessee, 1981

Ellen Hobbs Lyle is a chancellor for the Davidson County Chancery Court (Twentieth Judicial District) in Nashville, Tennessee.

Lyle served on the court from 1995 to 1996. She was reappointed to the seat and was re-elected in 2006 and 2014.[1][2][3][4][5]

Elections

2014

See also: Tennessee judicial elections, 2014
Lyle ran for re-election to the Davidson County Chancery Court.
Primary: She ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on May 6, 2014.
General: She won without opposition in the general election on August 7, 2014. [6][7][4]

Education

Lyle received both her undergraduate and J.D. degrees from the University of Tennessee in 1978 and 1981, respectively.[1]

Career

Lyle began her career as an associate attorney with the Texas law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski. She then worked as a partner for the firm of Trabue, Sturdivant & DeWitt from 1984 until she became a chancellor in 1995.[1][2]

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