Hon. Howard W. Wilson

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16th Judicial District Chancery Court </div>
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<b>Howard Wilson</b> is a judge for the <a href="/Sixteenth_District_Chancery_Court,_Tennessee" title="Sixteenth District Chancery Court, Tennessee">Sixteenth District Chancery Court</a>. The court presides over <a href="/Rutherford_County,_Tennessee_(Judicial)" title="Rutherford County, Tennessee (Judicial)">Rutherford</a> and <a href="/Cannon_County,_Tennessee_(Judicial)" title="Cannon County, Tennessee (Judicial)">Cannon</a> counties in <a href="/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-elec_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elec-1">[1]</a></sup> He was elected to the court on August 7, 2014, and began serving on September 1. His current eight-year term expires in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-results_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h3>
<p><span class="see-also"><i>See also: <a href="/Tennessee_judicial_elections,_2014" title="Tennessee judicial elections, 2014">Tennessee judicial elections, 2014</a></i></span><br>
Wilson ran for election to the <a href="/Sixteenth_District_Chancery_Court,_Tennessee" title="Sixteenth District Chancery Court, Tennessee">Sixteenth District Chancery Court</a>.<br><b>Primary:</b> He ran unopposed in the <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a>&nbsp;primary on May 6, 2014.<br><b>General</b>: He won without opposition in the general election on August 7, 2014.
<sup id="cite_ref-elec_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elec-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-results_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-results-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Wilson received his undergraduate degree from Middle Tennessee State University and his <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> from the Nashville School of Law.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<p>Before his election to the court in 2014, Wilson worked as an attorney in private practice. He has also previously served as an administrative law judge for the Tennessee Department of Special Education for fifteen years and as a special judge for the <a href="/Tennessee_General_Sessions_Court" title="Tennessee General Sessions Court">General Sessions Court</a> and <a href="/Murfreesboro_Municipal_Court,_Tennessee" title="Murfreesboro Municipal Court, Tennessee">Murfreesboro Municipal Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="/Rutherford_County_Chancery_Court,_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="Rutherford County Chancery Court, Tennessee">Rutherford County Chancery Court, Tennessee</a></li>
<li><a href="/Tennessee_Chancery_Courts" title="Tennessee Chancery Courts">Tennessee Chancery Courts</a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span></h2>
<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/courts/circuit-criminal-chancery-courts"><i>Tennessee State Courts</i>, "Circuit, Criminal &amp; Chancery Courts"</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/administration/judicial-resources/judicial-district-map"><i>Tennessee State Courts</i>, "Tennessee Judicial District Map"</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.tsc.state.tn.us/courts/circuit-criminal-chancery-courts/judges"><i>Tennessee State Courts</i>, "Trial Court Judges"</a></li></ul>
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