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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Apr 29, 2019
Pleasant View lawyer James Wallace “Wally” Kirby died on April 22 at the age of 72. Born in Louisville, Kentucky, and raised in Macon County, he received his law degree from Nashville School of Law. Upon graduation he went to work for W. B. Lockert Jr., as an assistant district attorney for the 23rd Judicial District, covering Cheatham, Dickson, Humphreys, Stewart and Houston counties. While working for the 23rd Judicial District he served under three District Attorneys, Lockert, Kenneth Atkins, and Dan Alsobrooks. He became the Senior District Attorney in 1990, Deputy District Attorney in 1997 and remained until he was appointed as the Executive Director of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference in July 1999.