TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 26, 2021

Davidson County Criminal Court Presiding Judge Cheryl Blackburn plans to seek re-election to the Division III seat in 2022. Blackburn has served on the court for 24 years. She previously worked for 17 years as an assistant district attorney (ADA) in the Davidson County District Attorney’s Office. While in that role, she became the first female deputy and the first ADA in the state to be certified as a criminal trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and the Tennessee CLE Commission. Blackburn began her career as a psychological examiner, appearing in court to testify about forensic evaluations. That experience piqued her interest in the law, leading her to attend and graduate from the Nashville School of Law.