{"biography":"Judge Tarik B. Sugarmon is a 1978 Graduate of Morehouse College with a Degree in Banking and Finance. After college he worked as a Commercial Loan Specialist with Northwestern Mutual in Chicago, IL, and then returned to Memphis to take a job with NBC Bank as a Commercial Loan Analyst.\n\n In 1980 he left Memphis to attend Howard University School of Law graduating in 1983. Judge Sugarmon passed the Tennessee Bar Exam and was admitted October 1983. That same month he became a part-time Trial Attorney with the Shelby County Public Defender\u2019s Office and an Associate with the firm of Wharton and Wharton.\n\n\nIn 1992 Judge Sugarmon became a partner in the firm of Noel and Sugarmon handling Criminal and Civil Litigation cases. In 1998 Judge Sugarmon was appointed to Division II of the Memphis Municipal Court and has been re-elected four times.\nA native Memphian, Judge Sugarmon is the son of the late Judge Russell B. Sugarmon and the late Dr. Miriam DeCosta-Willis. His parents exposed he and his sisters to the cultural, social, religious, and ethnic diversity of Memphis.\n\n\nJudge Sugarmon attended Morehouse College, from which he received a B. A. degree in banking and finance. Sugarmon entered Howard University School of Law, where he was third in his first-year class and graduated in the top five percent of graduates. Returning to Memphis after graduation in 1983, he passed the Tennessee Bar Exam on the first attempt and was admitted to the bar that October.\n\n\nAugust 4, 2022 Judge Sugarmon was elected Judge for the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee.","campaigns":[],"cf_filings":[],"firstname":"Tarik","fullname":"Tarik B Sugarmon","lastname":"Sugarmon","middlename":"B","office_history":[{"campaigns":[],"county":"shelby","cycles":[{"general":null,"party":null,"primary":null,"term":{"county":"Shelby","electiondate":"2022-08-02","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"juvenile_court_judge","office_title":"Juvenile Court Judge","party":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2030-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01"},"year":2022}],"office_key":"juvenile_court_judge","office_title":"Juvenile Court Judge","state":"TN","terms":[{"county":"Shelby","electiondate":"2022-08-02","office_county":"shelby","office_key":"juvenile_court_judge","office_title":"Juvenile Court Judge","party":null,"state":"TN","term_end":"2030-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01"}]}],"summary":"Tarik B Sugarmon is a public figure who has a substantial amount of information available about his education, work history, community involvement, and history as a candidate or elected official. He graduated from Morehouse College in 1978 with a degree in Banking and Finance and later attended Howard University School of Law, where he graduated in 1983. He has worked in various positions related to law and finance, including being a Trial Attorney with the Shelby County Public Defender's Office and an Associate with the firm of Wharton and Wharton. In 1998, he was appointed to Division II of the Memphis Municipal Court and has been re-elected four times. In August 2022, he was elected as a Judge for the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee. Overall, the profile contains substantive information about his education, work history, community involvement, and history as a candidate or elected official, indicating his capabilities and experience in the legal field.","terms":[{"county":"shelby","electiondate":"2022-08-02","office":"juvenile_court_judge","state":"TN","term_end":"2030-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01","title":"Juvenile Court Judge"}],"token":"MOw0UvQ6Xc"}