TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 25, 2022

Judge Sandra Donaghy has announced she will run for reelection in the 10th Judicial District Criminal Court, covering Bradley, McMinn, Monroe and Polk counties. Donaghy was a judge, prosecutor, public defender and in private practice before being elected to the criminal court in 2014. According to a release from her campaign, since 2014 and through the start of COVID-19 restrictions, Donaghy has decreased her backlog by 9% and, in conjunction with Judge Andrew Freiberg, has resolved more than 15,000 cases. Donaghy also recruited multi-disciplinary teams to start a Veterans Treatment Court and obtained state funding for a criminal justice liaison for a Recovery Oriented Compliance Strategy (ROCS) recovery court. Read the full release from Donaghy’s campaign.