Haslam Appoints Street as First District Criminal Court Judge

Street replaces Brown who resigned at the end of March
 
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today announced attorney Stacy Street as the Criminal Court Judge, Part II, for the First Judicial District, effective immediately.
 
Street takes over for former Judge Lynn Brown who resigned at the end of March after serving in the position since 1988. The First Judicial District includes Carter, Johnson, Unicoi and Washington counties.
 “Stacy has extensive trial experience from his time in the private sector,” Haslam said. “His experience, demeanor and respect for the court will benefit the citizens of the First Judicial District. I want to congratulate him for earning this new challenge, and I appreciate his willingness to serve.”
 
Street has practiced law out of Elizabethton since 1992 after graduating cum laude from East Tennessee State University and the University of Tennessee College of Law. He began as an associate in 1992 with the Hampton & Hampton firm, making partner four years later and leaving the firm in 2009 to become a solo practitioner.
 
“I am incredibly excited to serve the First District, and I am thankful to Gov. Haslam for this appointment and this new opportunity,” Street said.
 
He has trial experience in Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, Washington, Sullivan and Greene counties as well as in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
 
Street, 46, lives in Elizabethton. He and his wife, Susan, have two children and attend Calvary Baptist Church in Elizabethton.