Hon. John S. McLellan

John S. McLellan, III is a circuit court judge for the Second Circuit Court in Tennessee. He was appointed to the court by former Governor Ned McWherter in 1994 and has been retained by voters in 1996, 1998, and 2006, and re-elected in 2014. His current term expires in 2022. McLellan earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1968 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1970. He began his legal career in 1971 as a private practice attorney, serving also as part-time city attorney for the Town of Mount Carmel and part-time attorney for Sullivan County from 1978 to 1994. He served as a judge for the Kingsport City Juvenile Court in Sullivan County before his appointment to the Second Circuit Court. His experience spans private practice, municipal and county legal services, and judicial service in both juvenile and circuit courts.