{"biography":"**Judge Joe Brown**\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Brown_(judge)\n\nhttps://twitter.com/JudgeJoeBrownTV\n\nhttps://www.thejudgejoebrownshow.com/\n\n**Education**\n* Dorsey High School (Los Angeles)\n* UCLA - BA in Political Science\n* UCLA Law School Juris Doctor\n\n**Work**\n* After law school, Joe Brown moved to Memphis to work as an attorney for Legal Services Corporation\n* Equal Opportunity Commission\n* Shelby County Public Defender's office director\n* Elected state Criminal Court judge in 1990\n* 1998-2013 reality TV court show Judge Joe Brown\n\n\n","campaigns":[{"contest":"memphis_mayor","county":"Shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT","pgr":"general","state":"TN","title":"Memphis Mayor"}],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Joseph","fullname":"Joseph Blakeney Brown Jr","lastname":"Brown","middlename":"Blakeney","office_history":[{"campaigns":[{"contest":"memphis_mayor","contest_title":"Memphis Mayor","county":"Shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2023-10-05","office_county":null,"office_key":"123","office_title":null,"party":"","pgr":"general","state":"TN"}],"county":null,"cycles":[{"general":{"contest":"memphis_mayor","contest_title":"Memphis Mayor","county":"Shelby","county_count":1,"electiondate":"2023-10-05","office_county":null,"office_key":"123","office_title":null,"party":"","pgr":"general","state":"TN"},"party":"","primary":null,"term":null,"year":2023}],"office_key":"123","office_title":"Memphis Mayor","state":"TN","terms":[]}],"suffix":"Jr","summary":"Joseph Blakeney Brown Jr, also known as Judge Joe Brown, is a public figure who has had a diverse career in law and television. He attended Dorsey High School in Los Angeles before earning a BA in Political Science and a Juris Doctor from UCLA. After law school, he worked as an attorney for the Legal Services Corporation and the Equal Opportunity Commission, and later became the director of the Shelby County Public Defender's office. In 1990, he was elected as a state Criminal Court judge. From 1998 to 2013, he hosted the reality TV court show Judge Joe Brown. He is currently running for the position of Memphis Mayor in the 2023 election. This profile provides a substantial amount of information about his education, work history, community involvement, and history as a candidate and elected official.","terms":[],"token":"AIZLNH7rqH"}