TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 10, 2021

Newport lawyer Mark Strange has announced his candidacy for Cocke County General Sessions Court judge. He will run in the May 2022 Republican Primary, the Newport Plain Talk reports. Stange, an Air Force veteran, spent much of his early career in law enforcement, including positions with the Newport and Gatlinburg police departments. While working in Gatlinburg, Strange attended, and then in 2014, graduated from the Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law. Following law school, he joined the Fourth Judicial District Attorney General’s Office. He currently works out of the Cocke County office.