{"biography":"Joe Townsend was elected Probate Judge for Division 2 of the Shelby County Probate Court on August 4, 2022. Joe Townsend is a third-generation Memphian, a graduate of Memphis Catholic High School, the University of Memphis BA, and JD, and the College of William and Mary LLM in Taxation. He served as a Judge Advocate on active duty in the United State Air Force and then in the Air Force Reserves and the Air National Guard. Joe Townsend served as a Shelby County Public Defender and a Federal Public Defender. He was in private practice in Memphis, Tennessee for twenty-four years, representing clients in probate, chancery, circuit, bankruptcy and federal court.","campaigns":[],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Joe","fullname":"Joe Townsend","lastname":"Townsend","office_history":[{"campaigns":[],"county":"shelby","cycles":[{"general":null,"party":"","primary":null,"term":{"county":"Shelby","electiondate":"2022-08-04","office_county":"Shelby","office_key":"probate_court_div_2","office_title":"Probate Court Div 2","party":"","state":"TN","term_end":"2026-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01"},"year":2022}],"office_key":"probate_court_div_2","office_title":"Probate Court Div 2","state":"TN","terms":[{"county":"Shelby","electiondate":"2022-08-04","office_county":"Shelby","office_key":"probate_court_div_2","office_title":"Probate Court Div 2","party":"","state":"TN","term_end":"2026-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01"}]}],"terms":[{"county":"Shelby","electiondate":"2022-08-04","office":"probate_court_div_2","state":"TN","term_end":"2026-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01","title":"Probate Court Div 2"}],"token":"Fv7kECCZlu"}