{"county":"Shelby","description":"","district":"shelby","districtgroup":"county","id":40,"key":"county_circuit_judge_div_4","lastchangeby":null,"name":"Gina C. Higgins","next_election":"2022-11-08","notes":"50","officegroup":"county_circuit_court","partisan":0,"party":"","qualities":"- Trial-court judge of general civil and criminal jurisdiction in a Tennessee circuit court \u2014 presides over jury and bench trials, dispositive motions, and sentencing under TCA.\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":"Gina C. Higgins","person":{"biography":"Judge Higgins was elected Circuit Court Judge, Division Four, in September 2010\n\nEducation:\nB.A., Criminal Justice, University of Memphis\nJ.D., University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law\nhiggins_pic_smallCROPPED.jpg\nProfessional Affiliations:\nNational Bar Association, Ben F. Jones Chapter (President 2006)\nMemphis Bar Association\nMemphis and Shelby County Bar Foundation - Fellow and Board Member\nAlpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.\nNational Association for Advancement of Colored People\nTennessee Trial Judges Association\nAmerican Bar Association\nSouthwest Community College Paralegal Studies Board\nLeo F. Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court\nCareer Experience:\nAttorney, Law Offices of Gina C. Higgins and Viola E. Johnson\nAssistant Shelby County Divorce Referee\nAssistant Judge Advocate General, Unites States Naval Reserves\nAssociate, Law Office of Charles E. Carpenter\nAssistant Judge Advocate General, Unites States Navy (Active Duty)\nSpecial Assistant to Dean for Minority Students, University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law\nLaw Clerk, Law Office of Herman E. Morris\nParalegal/Law Clerk, East Arkansas Legal Services\nSecretary/Paralegal, Memphis Area Legal Services\n","firstname":"Gina","lastname":"Higgins","middlename":"C.","token":"smiZB4i1lw"},"term_end":"2030-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01"}],"title":"County Circuit Judge Div 4","type":"judicial","url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-04-25 19:49:19"}