TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 9, 2022

Leif Jeffers this week announced his intention to seek reelection to the office of 8th Judicial District Public Defender, The Independent Herald reports. Jeffers has served the district since September 2014 when he was first elected to the office. He began his career as a juvenile probation officer in 1989, and has served as an agent with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and as an assistant public defender, assistant district attorney general and municipal judge for the town of Winfield. The district covers Scott, Campbell, Claiborne, Fentress and Union counties.