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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 7, 2023

Wayne County General Sessions & Juvenile Court Judge James Y. Ross was recently installed as president of the Tennessee General Sessions Judges Conference, the Administrative Office of the Courts reports. Ross, who replaces Shelby County General Sessions Judge Deborah Henderson, says he will work to get all municipal judges involved in the conference and hopes to use his term in office to address issues affecting part-time judges and issues coming through the General Assembly. Ross earned his law degree from the Samford University Cumberland School of Law in 1987. In 1998, he began serving as a part-time judge for two cities, and then he was elected to the general sessions court. During his tenure on the bench, he also has continued to serve as judge for the cities of Clifton and Collinwood. Prior to assuming this new role, Ross served as president of the Tennessee Municipal Judges Conference.