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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 25, 2022

Columbia attorney Sammy Patterson has announced his campaign to run as an independent for 22nd Judicial District Circuit Court Part IV judge, The Daily Herald reports. Patterson graduated from Nashville School of Law in 2000 and opened a law practice in Columbia that same year. He says his experience includes serving more than 10,000 clients and handling more than 100 jury trials involving criminal, juvenile, family law, civil litigation, probate and appeals. He will face Assistant District Attorney Caleb Bayless, who is running as a Republican, and Lawrenceburg lawyer Stacie Odeneal, who is running as an independent. The seat, which serves Maury, Giles, Lawrence and Wayne counties, is open due to the retirement of Judge Stella Hargrove.