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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 14, 2024

Shelby County General Sessions Judge Deborah Means Henderson was honored by the Shelby County Commission at its meeting on Feb. 5, the Administrative Office of the Courts reports. A resolution, sponsored by Commissioner Erika Sugarmon, noted Henderson’s career accomplishments and her work with the unhoused, as well as her recent election as president of the Tennessee General Sessions Judges Conference. Henderson is now the first Black woman elected president of any state judicial conference. Her service on the court includes efforts to establish a pre-litigation eviction mediation program to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants.