Don W. Poole
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Don W. Poole is a criminal court judge for the Hamilton County Criminal Court in the Eleventh Judicial District of Tennessee. He was elected to the court on August 3, 2006, and re-elected on August 7, 2014. His current eight-year term expires in 2022.[1][2][3]
Elections
2014
See also: Tennessee judicial elections, 2014
Poole ran for re-election to the Hamilton County Criminal Court.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on May 6, 2014.
General: He won without opposition in the general election on August 7, 2014.
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Education
Poole received both his undergraduate and J.D. degrees from the University of Tennessee in 1964 and 1965, respectively.[1]
Career
Poole began his career as a law clerk for the Tennessee Supreme Court. He also served as a judge advocate general in the U.S. Armed Forces and spent three years as an assistant district attorney for Hamilton County. From 1972 until his judicial election in 2006, Poole worked as an attorney in private practice.[1]
See also
External links
- Tennessee State Courts, "Trial Court Judges"
- Tennessee State Courts, "Tennessee Judicial District Map"
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tennessee State Courts, "Judge Don W. Poole," accessed August 18, 2014
- ↑ Tennessee Secretary of State, "August 3, 2006 General Election Results," accessed August 18, 2014 (Scroll to p.21)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Go Vote TN, "August 7, 2014 Unofficial Election Results," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ TN.gov, "Tennessee Secretary of State Unofficial Election Results Hamilton County Elections," May 6, 2014 (dead link)
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
