J. Curtis Smith

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J. Curtis Smith

12th Judicial District Circuit Court

Tenure

Present officeholder

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Education

Bachelor's

University of Tennessee, 1970

Law

University of Tennessee, Knoxville College of Law, 1973

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J. Curtis Smith is a circuit court judge for the Twelfth Circuit Court in Tennessee. He has served on the court since 1994 and was re-elected without opposition in 2006 and 2014. His current eight-year term ends in 2022.

Elections

2014

See also: Tennessee judicial elections, 2014
Smith ran for re-election to the Twelfth Circuit Court.
Primary: He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on May 6, 2014.
General: He won without opposition in the general election on August 7, 2014.

Education

Smith received his undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee in 1970 and his J.D. degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1973.

Career

Smith worked as an attorney in private practice from 1973 until his judicial election in 1994.

See also

• Tennessee Circuit Court
• Courts in Tennessee
• Judicial selection in Tennessee

External links

• Tennessee State Courts, "Trial Court Judges"
• Tennessee State Courts, "Tennessee Judicial District Map"