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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 2, 2021

Boyd Patterson of the Hamilton County Public Defender's Office said today he plans to run for the county’s open criminal court post, seeking to replace Judge Don W. Poole who has announced his retirement. Patterson worked as a prosecutor for 15 years and as a Gang Task Force coordinator before moving to the public defender’s office. His campaign says that his undergraduate and master’s degrees in psychology, plus two years counseling delinquent youth, make him the best candidate for the court, which also supervises the county’s Mental Health Court. Patterson, who helped establish the mental health court, says if elected he would create a new separate component to serve military veterans, Chattanoogan.com reports.