{"county":"Shelby","description":"","district":"shelby","districtgroup":"county","id":41,"key":"county_circuit_judge_div_5","lastchangeby":null,"name":"Rhynette Hurd","next_election":"2022-11-08","notes":"51","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":"Rhynette Hurd","person":{"biography":"Judge Hurd was appointed Judge, Division Eight, in 2010 and elected Judge, Division Five, in 2014\n\nEducation:\nB.A., Mount Holyoke College\nM.A.T., Harvard Graduate School of Education\nPh.D., George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University\nJ.D., University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law\nHurd.jpg\nBoards, Committees and Commissions:\n\nDomestic Violence State Coordinating Council\nNational Conference of Bar Examiners, Diversity Issues Committee\nProfessional Affiliations:\n\nAmerican Bar Association\nNational Bar Association, Ben F. Jones Chapter\nTennessee Bar Association\nTennessee Judicial Conference\nCareer Experience:\n\nInstructor of English \u2013 Fisk University\nInstructor of English \u2013 Middle Tennessee State University\nAssistant Professor of English \u2013 Memphis State University\nLaw Clerk to Judge Bailey Brown - U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit\nAssociate - Armstrong, Allen, Gentry, Johnston & Holmes\nChief Counsel \u2013 International Paper Company\nAssistant General Counsel \u2013 Accredo Health, Incorporated\nVice President, Corporate Counsel \u2013 Sedgwick Claims Management Service, Inc.\nJudge - Shelby County Circuit Court, Division Eight\nFounder and Rule 31 Mediator \u2013 Blair Ridder Hurd PLLC\nAchievements:\n\nEditor-in-Chief, Memphis State University Law Review (1990-91)\nAssistant to the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners \u2013 1993-2012\nTennessee Board of Law Examiners \u2013 January 2014 \u2013 September 2014\nInvention - Hurd, R. and Duvall, M. (International Paper Company) \u201cSystem for distributing\nform contracts and monitoring usage thereof.\u201d U.S. patent application 20040148285. 29 July 2004\n\nPersonal:\n\nMarried \u2013 William C. Hurd, M.D.\nChildren \u2013 William C. Hurd, II and Ryan K. Hurd\nGrandchildren \u2013 Madison McKinney-Hurd and Carson Hurd\nAttends Parkway Gardens United Presbyterian Church\n","firstname":"Rhynette","lastname":"Hurd","token":"UGchePscNQ"},"term_end":"2030-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01"}],"title":"County Circuit Judge Div 5","type":"judicial","url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-04-25 19:49:19"}