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Sarah Keeton Campbell (born 1982) is an American lawyer who has served as a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court since 2022.

Background and career

Campbell was raised in Rogersville, Tennessee, where her family moved when she was eleven years old. She earned her high school diploma from Cherokee High School in 2000. In 2004, after winning election as President of the Student Government, Campbell earned a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from the University of Tennessee. She graduated from Duke University School of Law in 2009, magna cum laude, and earned a Master of Public Policy from the Sanford School of Public Policy the same year.

Following law school, Campbell served as a law clerk to Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and Associate Justice Samuel Alito of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Campbell then worked as an associate at Williams & Connolly until 2015.

Campbell joined the Tennessee Attorney General's office in 2015, where she served as associate solicitor general and special assistant to the attorney general.

Judicial service

Governor Bill Lee nominated Campbell to the Tennessee Supreme Court on January 12, 2022. She was confirmed by the General Assembly and sworn in on February 10, 2022.

See also

• List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 8)

References

1. ^ Brown, Melissa. "Legislature confirms Sarah Campbell as new Tennessee Supreme Court justice". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
2. ^ Brown, Melissa; Timms, Mariah (January 12, 2022). "Gov. Bill Lee taps associate solicitor general Sarah Campbell for Tennessee Supreme Court seat". The Tennessean. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
3. "CAMPBELL CONFIRMED AS TENNESSEE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE" (Press release). Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Courts. February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.

External links

• Tennessee Courts

v t e Statewide political officials of Tennessee
U.S. senators	Marsha Blackburn Bill Hagerty
State government	Bill Lee, Governor Randy McNally, Lieutenant Governor Tre Hargett, Secretary of State (appointed) Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General (appointed) David Lillard, Treasurer (appointed) Jason Mumpower, Comptroller (appointed)
Senate	Randy McNally, Speaker Ferrell Haile, Speaker pro tempore Jack Johnson, Majority Leader Raumesh Akbari, Minority Leader
House	Cameron Sexton, Speaker Pat Marsh, Speaker pro tempore William Lamberth, Majority Leader Karen Camper, Minority Leader
Supreme Court	Holly M. Kirby, Chief Justice Jeffrey S. Bivins Sarah K. Campbell Dwight E. Tarwater Mary L. Wagner, Justices

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