Attorney Shannon Garrison has announced plans to seek the Rhea County General Sessions Court judge seat being vacated by James W. McKenzie in 2014.
Photo by Kimberly McMillian
Attorney Carol Ann Barron is a candidate for the Rhea County General Sessions Court judge seat being vacated by James W. McKenzie, the county’s first full-time judge in that court.
Photo by Kimberly McMillianDAYTON, Tenn. – Two local attorneys have said they plan to run for Rhea’s County General Sessions Court judgeship in the 2014 election.
Current Judge James W. McKenzie is not seeking re-election.
Attorneys Shannon Garrison and Carol Ann Barron said they’ll seek the position. The seat holder also serves as the county’s Juvenile Court judge.
Garrison, a 1989 Rhea County High School graduate and a 1997 Nashville School of Law graduate, said he would miss the one-one-one interaction with clients he now has in his private practice, but that he’d work to create a safe environment for people to live in, work and do business.
“I’m vested in this county, and I will apply the law equally” if elected, he said.