TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 24, 2021

Hamilton County General Sessions Court Judge Alex McVeagh today launched his campaign for a new term on the bench. McVeagh was appointed to the seat in 2017 at age 31, making him one of the youngest judges in Tennessee history, Chattanoogan.com reports. Since taking the bench, McVeagh has been tapped to serve on the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission and Gov. Bill Lee’s Criminal Justice Reform Task Force. He also founded and presides over Hamilton County’s first misdemeanor Drug Recovery Court. McVeagh currently serves as president of the Chattanooga Bar Association YLD, East Tennessee governor for the TBA YLD and Tennessee’s young lawyer delegate to the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates.