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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 28, 2023

Longtime Memphis lawyer Odell Horton Jr. has been named general counsel and chief legal officer for Memphis-Shelby County Schools, the Tennessee Tribune reports. He replaces Kenneth M. Walker II, who has accepted a position with the Austin, Texas, Independent School District. Horton previously served as assistant attorney general for the state; chancellor for university relations and associate general counsel at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center; vice president and general counsel for Memphis Light, Gas and Water; and a partner with Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs.