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Contest for Chancellor Part II District 30

None - Non-partisan - Chancellor

About this office

A chancellor presides over the chancery court, Tennessee's court of equity — contract and real-property disputes, injunctions, estates, and, in some counties, domestic-relations cases. The work is largely non-jury and often complex.

Term length: 8 years.

This role calls for

  • Judge of a Tennessee chancery (equity) court — contract and real-property disputes, injunctions, estates, and some domestic-relations matters; largely non-jury.
  • Judicial temperament: the willingness to listen, deliberate, and apply the law dispassionately to people whose lives are deeply affected by the outcome.
  • Impartiality and ethics under the Tennessee Rules of Judicial Conduct, including disqualification when conflicts arise.
  • Working knowledge of the substantive and procedural law of equity practice and the precedent that controls.
  • Complex-case and document management, since equity cases are often lengthy and detailed.
  • Clear written and oral explanation of rulings, so the parties and the public can follow the reasoning.

Derived from the office's statutory duties and operational reality. Candidate summaries below map each candidate's documented experience to these requirements.

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Jim Kyle

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