{"county":"Shelby","description":"Chancellors are the judges of the Shelby County Chancery Court, a court of equity that hears matters including divorces, enforcement of trusts and contracts, delinquent property-tax sales, enforcement of arbitration awards, writs of mandamus, removal of public officers, and other equitable claims. Shelby County elects three chancellors, each presiding over a numbered Part. **Part 2** is one of those seats. Chancellors serve partisan eight-year terms.","district":"shelby","districtgroup":"county","id":47,"key":"chancellor_part_2","lastchangeby":null,"name":"Jim Kyle","next_election":"2022-11-08","notes":"57","officegroup":"chancery_court","partisan":0,"party":"","qualities":"- Hears equity matters in a Tennessee chancery court: contracts, real-property disputes, divorces (in counties without a separate domestic-relations division), trusts and estates, and other actions traditionally outside the law side of court.\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":"2030-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01","term_years":8,"terms":[{"current":1,"description":"","electiondate":"2022-08-06","name":"Jim Kyle","person":{"biography":"Year Elected/Appointed\n2014\nPrevious Employment\nPrivate Practice, Law Firm of Domico Kyle\nTennessee Senator for the 30th District (93rd thru 108th General Assemblies)\n\nEducation\nUniversity of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 1976\nArkansas State University, 1973\nHonors\nRecipient 2013 Africa in April Honorary Chairman; 2008 Legislator of the Year, Tennessee Recreation and Parks Association; 1999 President\u2019s Award, Tennessee Council of Teachers of English; 1996 Legislator of the Year, Domestic Violence Task Force; 1992 Legislator of the Year, County Officials Association of Tennessee and Tennessee District Attorney Generals Conference; 1991 Legislator of the Year, Shelby County Deputy Sheriffs Association; 1985 Recipient of the Henry Toll Fellowship of the Council of State Government\n\nMembership(s)\nMemphis Bar Association\n\nBoard of Governors of American Correctional Association, 1994-1998; Tau Kappa Epsilon Social Fraternity; Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity\n\nTennessee Senate Democratic Leader, 104th through 108th General Assemblies; Member of Tennessee Finance, Ways and Means Committee; Government Operations Committee; Joint Government Operations Subcommittee of Commerce, Labor, Transportation and Agriculture; Joint Government Operations Subcommittee of Judiciary and Government; Rules Committee; Calendar Committee; Delayed Bills Committee; Pension and Insurance Committee; Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; Chair, Shelby County Delegation, 2009; Select Oversight Committee on Corrections, Chairman (96th through 100th General Assemblies; Democratic Caucus, Chairman (95th General Assembly)","firstname":"Jim","lastname":"Kyle","token":"OQmI09ZFWU"},"term_end":"2030-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01"}],"title":"Chancellor Part 2","type":"judicial","url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-04-25 19:49:19"}