Sharon Lee
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Sharon G. Lee is a justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court. Justice Lee is a Democrat.
Legal Background
A native of Knoxville, Justice Lee graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. in Business Administration with high honors. Justice Lee earned her J.D. from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1978.
Legal Career
Justice Lee was engaged in private practice in Madisonville, Tennessee, from 1978-2004; served as county attorney for Monroe County, Madisonville city judge, city attorney for Vonore and Madisonville; appointed to Tennessee Court of Appeals, Eastern Section, June 4, 2004; elected August 2004; reelected for eight year term in August 2006; appointed to Tennessee Supreme Court, October 2008.[1]
Awards and Associations
- Rule 31 listed family mediator
- Tennessee Bar Association (house of delegates)
- Tennessee Bar Foundation
- Tennessee Judicial Conference (executive committee)
- Tennessee Lawyers’ Association for Women (director)
- East Tennessee Lawyer’s Association for Women (president)
- Knoxville Executive Women’s Association (secretary)
- Boys and Girls Club of Monroe Area (board of directors)
- Monroe County Bar Association (president, vice president and secretary)
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum, American Judicature Society, Scribes, National Association of Women Judges
