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'''John D. Wootten, Jr.''' {{Greener| start=1/1/2020| before=is| after=was}} a [[Tennessee Circuit Courts|circuit court]] judge for the [[Fifteenth Circuit Court, Tennessee|Fifteenth Circuit Court]] in [[Tennessee]]. He {{Greener| start=1/1/2020| before=began serving on the court in [[C1998|1998]] and was [[retention election|re-elected]] in 2006 and 2014.| after=served on the court from 1998 to 2019.}}<ref name=bio>[http://www.tncourts.gov/courts/circuit-criminal-chancery-courts/judges/john-d-wootten ''Tennessee State Courts'', "Judge John D. Wooten," accessed June 7, 2014]</ref><ref>[http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2006-08/Gen115Judicial.pdf ''Tennessee Secretary of State'', "August 3, 2006 General Election," accessed June 7, 2014 ''(Scroll to p.29)'']</ref><ref name=results/> Wootten {{Greener| start=1/1/2020| before=is retiring| after=retired}} January 1, 2020.<ref>[https://www.lebanondemocrat.com/lebanon/news/circuit-judge-announces-retirement/article_3538ddbd-c39d-5eb4-b60a-a54dc8de8ec8.html ''Lebanon Democrat'', "Circuit judge announces retirement," October 29, 2019]</ref>
'''John D. Wootten, Jr.''' {{Greener| start=1/1/2020| before=is| after=was}} a [[Tennessee Circuit Courts|circuit court]] judge for the [[Fifteenth Circuit Court, Tennessee|Fifteenth Circuit Court]] in [[Tennessee]]. He {{Greener| start=1/1/2020| before=began serving on the court in [[C1998|1998]] and was [[retention election|re-elected]] in 2006 and 2014.| after=served on the court from 1998 to 2019.}}<ref name=bio>[http://www.tncourts.gov/courts/circuit-criminal-chancery-courts/judges/john-d-wootten ''Tennessee State Courts'', "Judge John D. Wooten," accessed June 7, 2014]</ref><ref>[http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2006-08/Gen115Judicial.pdf ''Tennessee Secretary of State'', "August 3, 2006 General Election," accessed June 7, 2014 ''(Scroll to p.29)'']</ref><ref name=results/> Wootten {{Greener| start=1/1/2020| before=is retiring| after=retired}} January 1, 2020.<ref>[https://www.lebanondemocrat.com/lebanon/news/circuit-judge-announces-retirement/article_3538ddbd-c39d-5eb4-b60a-a54dc8de8ec8.html ''Lebanon Democrat'', "Circuit judge announces retirement," October 29, 2019]</ref>



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John D. Wootten
Prior offices:
15th Judicial District Circuit Court
Years in office: 1998 - 2020

Education
Bachelor's
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Law
University of Tennessee, Knoxville


John D. Wootten, Jr. was a circuit court judge for the Fifteenth Circuit Court in Tennessee. He served on the court from 1998 to 2019.[1][2][3] Wootten retired January 1, 2020.[4]

Elections

2014

See also: Tennessee judicial elections, 2014

Wootten ran for re-election to the Fifteenth Circuit Court.
General: He defeated Aubrey T. Givens in the general election on August 7, 2014, receiving 74.4 percent of the vote.[3]

Education

Wootten received both his undergraduate and J.D. degrees from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1975 and 1977, respectively.[1][5]

Career

Wootten began his career serving as a judge advocate general in the U.S. Air Force from 1978 to 1982. He also served in the Tennessee Air National Guard from 1978 to 2004, where he served as a senior judge advocate and achieved the rank of colonel. In 1984, he became an assistant district attorney general for the 15th Judicial District. He worked in that capacity until he became a judge for the Fifteenth Circuit Court in 1998. He has also previously worked as an attorney in private practice.[1]

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