{"county":null,"description":"","district":"30","districtgroup":"tn_judicial_district","id":53,"key":"criminal_court_div_3_district_30","lastchangeby":null,"name":null,"next_election":"2022-11-08","notes":"63","officegroup":"criminal_court","partisan":0,"party":"","qualities":"- Trial-court judge in Tennessee criminal court: presides over felony cases \u2014 indictments, pretrial motions, jury trials, sentencing under TCA Title 40.\n- Judicial temperament: the willingness to listen, deliberate, and apply the law dispassionately to people whose lives are deeply affected by the outcome.\n- Impartiality and ethics under the Tennessee Rules of Judicial Conduct, including disqualification when conflicts arise.\n- Working knowledge of the substantive and procedural law applied in the assigned court (cited per court below) and the published precedent that controls.\n- Docket management \u2014 moving cases efficiently while honoring due process and the time pressures that fall on litigants and witnesses.\n- Clear written and oral explanation of rulings, so the parties and the public can follow the reasoning.","quantity":1,"source":null,"state":"TN","term_end":null,"term_start":null,"term_years":8,"terms":[{"current":1,"description":"","electiondate":"2022-08-06","name":"James Jones ","person":{"biography":"James Jones\nCriminal Court Judge\nYear Elected/Appointed\n2022\nPrevious Employment\nLaw Office of James Jones\n\nEducation\nUniversity of Memphis, B.S. Political Science, 2007\nCecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 2010\nMembership(s)\nMemphis Bar Association\n\nNational Bar Association\n\nTennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers","firstname":"James","lastname":"Jones","token":"wuASiv62aA"},"term_end":"2030-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01"}],"title":"Criminal Court Div 3","type":"judicial","url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-07-19 20:57:16"}