Telford E. Forgety, Jr.
Telford E. Forgety, Jr. was the chancellor for the Fourth and Fifth District Chancery Courts of Tennessee. He served Blount, Cocke, Grainger, Jefferson, and Sevier counties in Tennessee. He was appointed to this position in 1997 to replace the late Judge Chester S. Rainwater, Jr., and was elected to the court in 2000.[1] Forgety was re-elected in 2006 and 2014.[2][3][4][5] He retired on August 31, 2022.[6]
Elections
2014
See also: Tennessee judicial elections, 2014
Forgety ran for re-election to the Fourth and Fifth District Chancery Courts.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on May 6, 2014.
General: He won without opposition in the general election on August 7, 2014.
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Education
Forgety received his undergraduate degree from Carson-Newman College in 1972 and his J.D. from Memphis Sate University in 1975.[1]
Career
Forgety began his career in 1975 as a law clerk for Judge James Parrott of the Tennessee Court of Appeals. He left that position the following year and worked in private practice with the law firm of Rainwater, Forgety and Jones in Dandridge, Tennessee. In 1997, he was appointed to the position of chancellor.[1]
See also
- Tennessee Chancery Courts
- Jefferson County Chancery Court, Tennessee
- Blount County Chancery Court, Tennessee
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tennessee State Courts, "Chancellor Telford E. Forgety," accessed July 9, 2014
- ↑ Jefferson County, Tennessee, "Jefferson County: Chancellor Telford E. Forgety, Jr.," accessed July 9, 2014
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "August 3, 2006 General Election Results," accessed July 9, 2014 (Scroll to p.8)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Blount County Board of Elections, "Official Ballot for Blount County Election Held on May 6, 2014," accessed May 2, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Go Vote TN, "August 7, 2014 Unofficial Election Results," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ News from the Tennessee Courts, "Commission Accepting Applications for 20th Judicial District Circuit Court Vacancy," September 19, 2022
