TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 30, 2020

Gov. Bill Lee today announced that former state representative John DeBerry of Memphis will join his cabinet starting tomorrow as a senior advisor. He also will serve on the governor’s Executive Leadership Team. DeBerry has represented the 90th House District since 1995. He lost his bid for re-election earlier this month after the Tennessee Democratic Party removed him from the party and took him off the ballot, forcing him to run as an independent. Read more from the governor’s office.