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Kim Nelson serves our community as District Public Defender for Loudon, Meigs, Morgan and Roane Counties. She has served in the Criminal and General Sessions Courts for all four counties for the last eight years. Kim has taken a leadership role with the Tennessee Public Defenders Conference as Legislative Chair and has been successful in advocating for additional resources to help assist our impoverished citizens. Kim has advanced the ideas of a holistic approach to criminal defense which include addressing addiction and mental health issues that are often the reason our loved ones find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Kim has spearheaded a pilot project with the Tennessee Office of Criminal Justice Programs to provide forensic social workers as part of the client team to assist with recovery, mental health and and other client needs. She was proud to be one of the first offices in Tennessee to offer this service to our community. Kim has had the pleasure of partnering with our local Judges and District Attorney in starting a Recovery Court in Roane County. She has represented clients in the Loudon County Veterans Court and Morgan County Recovery Court. These programs provide aggressive treatment and supervision to citizens with legal and substance abuse problems.
Prior to being elected District Public Defender Kim served as Roane County Circuit Court Clerk, Assistant District Attorney, Roane County School Board Member and had a private law practice for seven years.
Kim is running for a second term as Public Defender because in this position she has found her passion and is rewarded daily by seeing lives redeemed and people regain hope when hope was completely lost. She is a fair minded, hard worker who is considerate of her colleagues, her wonderful staff, and the judges of the district. As your Public Defender, she will continue to use common sense, protect taxpayer dollars, and be considerate of people’s time.
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Prior to being elected District Public Defender Kim served as Roane County Circuit Court Clerk, Assistant District Attorney, Roane County School Board Member and had a private law practice for seven years.
Kim is running for a second term as Public Defender because in this position she has found her passion and is rewarded daily by seeing lives redeemed and people regain hope when hope was completely lost. She is a fair minded, hard worker who is considerate of her colleagues, her wonderful staff, and the judges of the district. As your Public Defender, she will continue to use common sense, protect taxpayer dollars, and be considerate of people’s time.
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