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Lee V. Coffee
Lee V. Coffee is a judge for Division VII of the 30th Judicial District Criminal Court in Tennessee. He assumed office on September 1, 2006. His current term ends on September 1, 2030.
Coffee ran for re-election for the Division VII judge of the 30th Judicial District Criminal Court in Tennessee. He won in the general election on August 4, 2022.
Biography
Education
Coffee received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in 1978 and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1981.[1][2]
Career
Coffee, prior to becoming a judge, worked as: an assistant district attorney for Harris County, Texas; a public defender for Shelby County; an assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Tennessee; and as an assistant district attorney general for Shelby County. He was then elected to the Shelby County Criminal Court in 2006.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Shelby County, Tennessee (2022)
General election
General election for 30th Judicial District Criminal Court Division VII
Incumbent Lee V. Coffee defeated Kenya Brooks in the general election for 30th Judicial District Criminal Court Division VII on August 4, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lee V. Coffee (Nonpartisan) | 53.0 | 62,976 |
| Kenya Brooks (Nonpartisan) | 47.0 | 55,924 | ||
| Total votes: 118,900 | |||
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2014
See also: Tennessee judicial elections, 2014
Coffee ran for re-election to the Shelby County Criminal Court.
General: He defeated Kenya Brooks in the general election on August 7, 2014, receiving 60.8 percent of the vote.[3][4]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lee V. Coffee did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shelby County, Tennessee, "Lee V. Coffee," accessed August 4, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tennessee State Courts, "Lee V. Coffee," accessed August 4, 2014
- ↑ Shelby Vote.com, "Shelby County General Election Sample Ballot, August 7, 2014 Election," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Go Vote TN, "August 7, 2014 Unofficial Election Results," accessed August 7, 2014
Federal courts:
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Tennessee, Middle District of Tennessee, Western District of Tennessee • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Tennessee, Middle District of Tennessee, Western District of Tennessee
State courts:
Tennessee Supreme Court • Tennessee Court of Appeals • Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals • Tennessee Circuit Court • Tennessee Chancery Courts • Tennessee Criminal Court • Tennessee Probate Court • Tennessee General Sessions Court • Tennessee Juvenile Court • Tennessee Municipal Court
State resources:
Courts in Tennessee • Tennessee judicial elections • Judicial selection in Tennessee
