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Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 6, 2022

The City of Franklin’s Board of Mayor and Alderman has appointed Jessica Borne as its new Municipal Court judge, Williamson Source reports. In her new role, Borne will preside over city ordinance, building code and traffic violations at the court, which is held every second and fourth Tuesday and second Thursday at City Hall. Nineteen applied for municipal judge, with Borne advancing to the final five applicants based on scores from her interviews and a writing assignment. Borne is an attorney at Fort, Holloway & Rogers and previously spent 12 years with the Tennessee Office of the District Attorney General 21st Judicial District. She has dedicated the last 10 years of her career working with domestic abuse victims and their families by prosecuting and trying criminal cases involving domestic partners.