{"county":"Shelby","description":"","district":"shelby","districtgroup":"county","id":42,"key":"county_circuit_judge_div_6","lastchangeby":null,"name":"Cedrick D. Wooten","next_election":"2022-11-08","notes":"52","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":"Cedrick D. Wooten","person":{"biography":"The Honorable Circuit Court Judge Cedrick D. Wooten is a proud lifelong Memphian and a graduate of Melrose High School. Judge Wooten has two Bachelor\u2019s Degrees from LeMoyne-Owen College, a Master\u2019s Degree from the University of Mississippi, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. Before completing law school, Judge Wooten had the distinct honor of clerking for the Honorable George H. Brown and the Honorable Jerry Stokes in the Shelby County Circuit Court, Division 6. He was an associate attorney at the Orange Law Firm until opening his own law office in 2006, after which he remained a senior partner at Humphrey & Wooten, PLLC, until 2017 where he then transitioned back to public service as the chief administrative officer for the Shelby County Criminal Court and Circuit Court Clerks offices. He now serves as your Shelby County Circuit Court judge for Division 6.","firstname":"Cedrick","lastname":"Wooten","middlename":"D.","token":"H3gCGdYcVM"},"term_end":"2030-09-01","term_start":"2022-09-01"}],"title":"County Circuit Judge Div 6","type":"judicial","url":null,"whenchanged":"2026-04-25 19:49:19"}