{"county":"shelby","description":"","district":"bartlett","districtgroup":"municipality","id":136,"key":"bartlett_municipal_judge_div_2","lastchangeby":null,"name":"Dan Brown","next_election":"2018-11-08","notes":"146","officegroup":"bartlett_municipal_court","partisan":0,"party":"","qualities":"- Municipal-court judge: hears violations of city ordinances (traffic, code, animal-control, etc.) and, in some Tennessee cities, limited civil and small-claims jurisdiction by charter or interlocal agreement.\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":"2032-08-01","term_start":"2024-08-01","term_years":8,"terms":[{"current":0,"description":"","electiondate":"2016-08-06","name":"Dan Brown","person":{"biography":"Hon. Dan Brown (Division 2) - Mondays at 12:00 noon\nJustice Center\n3730 Appling Road\nBartlett, TN 38133\n\nLinks:\n\nTN Courts: [Tennessee Courts](https://www.tncourts.gov/courts/municipal-courts/judges/daniel-e-brown)\n\nCity of Bartlett Court Link: [City of Bartlett](https://www.cityofbartlett.org/26/Bartlett-City-Court)\n\nTrellis Link: [Trellis](https://trellis.law/judge/daniel.e.brown)","firstname":"Dan","lastname":"Brown","token":"SBdjtQva5N"},"term_end":"2024-09-01","term_start":"2016-09-01"},{"current":1,"description":null,"electiondate":"2024-08-01","name":"Dan Brown","person":{"biography":"Hon. Dan Brown (Division 2) - Mondays at 12:00 noon\nJustice Center\n3730 Appling Road\nBartlett, TN 38133\n\nLinks:\n\nTN Courts: [Tennessee Courts](https://www.tncourts.gov/courts/municipal-courts/judges/daniel-e-brown)\n\nCity of Bartlett Court Link: [City of Bartlett](https://www.cityofbartlett.org/26/Bartlett-City-Court)\n\nTrellis Link: [Trellis](https://trellis.law/judge/daniel.e.brown)","firstname":"Dan","lastname":"Brown","token":"SBdjtQva5N"},"term_end":"2032-08-01","term_start":"2024-08-01"}],"title":"Bartlett Municipal Judge Div 2","type":"judicial","url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-04-25 19:49:19"}