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Judiciary Mourns the Loss of Judge Alan Glenn

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 5, 2021
News Type: Passages

Retired Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Alan E. Glenn died unexpectedly last week at the age of 79, the Administrative Office of the Courts recently announced. Glenn served on the Court of Criminal Appeals for more than 22 years, taking the bench in 1999 and serving until his retirement on July 1, 2021. Prior to joining the court, Glenn served as an assistant district attorney general in Shelby County from 1971 to 1982. He was in private practice in Memphis from 1982 to 1999 and taught trial advocacy at Harvard Law School from 1986 to 1999. Colleagues on the court say Glenn was known as a prolific, engaging and meticulous writer, often jumping at the chance to author the toughest cases. During his time on the court, Glenn wrote more opinions than any other judge. Glenn also served as chair of the Judicial Ethics Committee from 2005 to 2019, drafting over a dozen ethics opinions on issues posed by judges across the state.

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