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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 5, 2024

Tami Sawyer took the oath of office last week as the new Shelby County General Sessions Court clerk. The oath was administered by Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris in the Shelby County Board of Commissioners chambers where Sawyer served for four years. She took office officially on Sept. 1. Sawyer said her office would ensure that “victims of domestic violence receive their orders of protection immediately” and that new budgets will go toward “improving the morale” of the more than 200 employees. The Daily Memphian has more on the story. Sawyer upset incumbent Joe Brown in the March Democratic primary and then beat Republican nominee Lisa Arnold in the August county general election.