TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 5, 2022

New district attorneys will be taking office in Hamilton and Shelby counties after yesterday’s election. Republican Coty Wamp won over Democrat John Allen Brooks for district attorney in Hamilton County. She previously was a public defender and a prosecutor, and most recently was special counsel for Sheriff Jim Hammond. Brooks was a former county commissioner according to Chattanoogan.com. In Shelby County, voters replaced incumbent Republican Amy Weirich with Democratic challenger Steve Mulroy, the Commercial Appeal reports. Promising reform in the district attorney's office, Mulroy ran on a progressive platform and said his first priorities will include diversifying the office, beginning a conviction review unit and reviewing bail policies. A law professor at the University of Memphis since 2000, Mulroy is also a former civil rights lawyer for the U.S. Justice Department and a former federal prosecutor. In Nashville, Glen Funk did not face Republican opposition. In Knoxville, Republican incumbent Charme Allen won over her Democratic challenger, Jackson Fenner, WATE reports.