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Lori Harmon, administrative assistant; and Lisa Kidwell, secretary. The Morristown office is served by Lindsey Maguigan, Kim Morrison and Connie Trobaugh, assistant district attorneys; Kennetta Pratt, criminal investigator; Bobbie Barnhart, victim witness coordinator; and Bobbie Lakins, secretary. Serving the Rogersville office are Kevin Keeton, assistant district attorney; Teddy Collingsworth, criminal investigator; and Rebecca Burchett, secretary. Connie Trobaugh also serves as assistant district attorney in Sneedville. Gloria Neeley is administrator of the Child Support Enforcement Division. Assistant district attorneys Tina Ailshie and Tara Trent handle child support cases.
STATE/COUNTY General Sessions Court
General sessions court and juvenile court (not a court of record) are the two state courts that are operated at the county level in Greene County. Location: Greene County Courthouse Phone: 798-1730 Judge: Kenneth Bailey Jr. is judge of the general sessions and juvenile courts. Staff: Gene Norton is court officer for the judge. Role: The general sessions judge hears misdemeanor cases and holds preliminary hearings on all felony cases unless the right to a preliminary hearing is waived by the defendant. Sessions court is also a small-claims court with jurisdiction limited to $25,000. Juvenile Court Location: Greene County Courthouse Phone: 798-1736 Role: Bailey hears criminal cases involving juvenile defendants as well as petitions for unruly youths, truants and those who have violated a traffic law, curfew or smoking ordinance.
In juvenile court, Bailey handles all petitions dealing with Greene County children in which there are allegations of abuse, neglect or dependency upon the state, as well as custody and child support issues in paternity cases. Staff: David Leonard sits as juvenile magistrate two days per week. He hears dependency and neglect cases and any other cases designated by Bailey. Rhonda Craft serves the juvenile court as the youth services officer, and Tosha Church is youth services assistant. Renee Pickering serves the city juvenile court as the truancy program specialist, and Amber Steele serves the county juvenile court. Sherry Laws is the legal secretary. Starr Bewley is office manager for both courts and a legal secretary to the judge. The circuit court clerk maintains all records for sessions and juvenile courts and issues all warrants.
board room in the Greeneville Light & Power System building, at 110 N. College St. Court is held at 3 p.m. on Mondays. Presiding is Judge Linda Woolsey. • Tusculum City Court is in session on the third Monday of every month at 1:30 p.m. Linda Woolsey, city judge, presides. • Baileyton City Court is in session on the third Monday of each month, at 11 a.m. Linda Woolsey, city judge, presides.
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