Royce Taylor
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Royce Taylor was a circuit court judge for the Sixteenth Circuit Court in Tennessee. Taylor served on the court from 1998 to 2020. He retired on March 2, 2020.[1][2][3][4][5]
Elections
2014
- See also: Tennessee judicial elections, 2014
Taylor ran for re-election to the Sixteenth Circuit Court.
General: He won without opposition in the general election on August 7, 2014.[3][6][4]
Education
Taylor received his undergraduate degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1966 and his J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee in 1975.[1]
Military service
Prior to law school, Taylor was on active duty in the U.S. Navy for six years, serving on the SEAL team and doing underwater demolition. He is also a former U.S. Naval Reserve captain.[1]
Career
Taylor worked as a sole practitioner in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, for 23 years before he became a judge for the Sixteenth Circuit Court in 1998.[1]
See also
- Tennessee Circuit Court
- Judicial selection in Tennessee
- Cannon County, Tennessee
- Rutherford County, Tennessee
External links
- Tennessee State Courts, "Circuit, Criminal & Chancery Courts"
- Tennessee State Courts, "Tennessee Judicial District Map"
- Tennessee State Courts, "Trial Court Judges"
- WGNS Radio.com, "July 15th, 2011 (Judge Royce Taylor)," July 15, 2011 (Radio interview with Judge Royce Taylor)
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Tennessee State Courts, "Judge Royce Taylor," accessed May 17, 2014
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "August 3, 2006 General Election," accessed June 7, 2014 (Scroll to p.1)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Tennessean.com, "List of candidates in May primary races," February 21, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Go Vote TN, "August 7, 2014 Unofficial Election Results," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Murfreesboro Post, "UPDATED: Circuit Court Judge Royce Taylor to retire in March," August 27, 2019
- ↑ TN.gov, "Tennessee Secretary of State Unofficial Election Results," May 6, 2014 (dead link)
