TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 18, 2022

Memphis City Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon made his campaign for juvenile court judge official this weekend via an online announcement, the Daily Memphian reports. Sugarmon will challenge incumbent Judge Dan Michael in the nonpartisan race. The two previously faced off for the same role in 2014, which saw Michael win the seat by 3,752 votes. In his online message, Sugarmon, the son of the late Judge Russell Sugarmon and historian Miriam DeCosta Willis, highlighted his connection with Memphis and the city’s civil rights movement. He also spoke of the high number of juveniles who are transferred out of the court for trial as adults.