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Richard Dinkins

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Richard Dinkins
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Prior offices
Tennessee Court of Appeals Middle Section
Successor: Jeffrey Usman

Education

Bachelor's

Denison University, 1974

Law

Vanderbilt University School of Law, 1977

Richard Dinkins was a judge of the Tennessee Court of Appeals Middle Section. He assumed office on January 14, 2008. He left office on September 1, 2022.

Dinkins was appointed to the court by Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen on January 14, 2008, and retained the following August.[1][2] He was retained in 2014.[3] Dinkins retired at the end of his term in September 2022.[4]

Education

Dinkins received his undergraduate degree from Denison University in 1974 and his J.D. degree from the Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1977.[2]

Career

Elections

2022

Dinkins did not file to run for retention.[5]

2014

Dinkins was retained to the Court of Appeals with 63.3 percent of the vote on August 7, 2014. [3][6]

Retention recommendation

Dinkins was recommended for retention to the Tennessee Court of Appeals by the Tennessee Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission.[7][8]

  • Read Judge Dinkins' Judicial Evaluation Report here.

Retention controversy

An effort to unseat the three Tennessee Supreme Court justices facing retention in 2014 highlighted the issue of retention elections across the state. Click here for more information.

See also

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