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Sharon Gail Lee (born December 8, 1953) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as a justice of the
Tennessee Supreme Court The Tennessee Supreme Court is the highest court in the state of Tennessee. The Supreme Court's three buildings are seated in Nashville, Knoxville, and Jackson, Tennessee. The Court is composed of five members: a chief justice, and four justice ...
from 2008 to 2023. She was appointed to the court by Governor
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. She was elected by state-wide vote in 2010, 2014, and
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Early life and education

Lee was born in
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and raised in Madisonville. She graduated from
Webb School of Knoxville Webb School of Knoxville is a private coeducational day school in Knoxville, Tennessee, enrolling students from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade. It was founded in 1955 by Robert Webb (1919–2005), grandson of Webb School of Bell Buckle f ...
in 1971. After attending
Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private university, private research university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provide ...
, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the
University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (or The University of Tennessee; UT; UT Knoxville; or colloquially UTK or Tennessee) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United St ...
in 1975. She continued her education at the
University of Tennessee College of Law The Winston College of Law is the law school of the University of Tennessee located in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1890, the College of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association and is a charter member of the Association of Ame ...
, graduating in 1978.


Career

From 1978 to 2004, Lee worked in private practice as an attorney in Madisonville. During her time in private practice, she served as county attorney for Monroe County, Madisonville city judge, and city attorney for Vonore and Madisonville. She is a former Rule 31-listed family mediator. Before becoming a Tennessee Supreme Court justice, she served on the
Tennessee Court of Appeals The Tennessee Court of Appeals (in case citation, Tenn. Ct. App.) was created in 1925 by the Tennessee General Assembly as an intermediate appellate court to hear appeals in civil cases from the Tennessee state trial courts. Appeals of judgments ...
for the Eastern Section. She was the first woman to serve on the Eastern Section of the Court of Appeals. She was appointed to that position on June 4, 2004. She was subsequently elected to the Court of Appeals in August 2004, then reelected for an eight-year term in August 2006. She served as chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from September 1, 2014, to August 31, 2016. Lee retired from the court on August 31, 2023.


Personal life

She has two children.


See also

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List of female state supreme court justices Female state supreme court justices First female justices Below is a list of the names of the first woman to sit on the highest court of their respective states in the United States. The first state with a female justice was Ohio; Florence ...


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JusticeSharonLee.com
Website for 2014 judicial retention campaign 1953 births Living people 21st-century American judges 21st-century American women judges Chief justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court Justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court Lawyers from Knoxville, Tennessee People from Madisonville, Tennessee Tennessee state court judges University of Tennessee alumni University of Tennessee College of Law alumni Webb School (Bell Buckle, Tennessee) alumni Women chief justices of state supreme courts in the United States {{Tennessee-state-judge-stub