RE-ELECT Judge Amy Turnbull Hollars
to serve the people of the 13th Circuit with
Experience, Fairness and Integrity
Re-Elect
Judge Amy Turnbull Hollars to serve the people of the 13th Circuit with Experience, Fairness, and Integrity
Experience. Fairness. Integrity.
Three words that describe Judge Amy Hollars.
Judge Amy Hollars is a native of Livingston and attended Overton County public schools. She received an undergraduate degree from the University of the South and holds a master’s degree from Vanderbilt University. In 1995, she received a law degree, with highest honors, from the University of Tennessee College of Law.
Hollars practiced law in Knoxville for seven years and in Livingston for six years. In 2008, she was appointed by Governor Phil Bredesen as the Circuit Judge for the Thirteenth Judicial District, which consists of Cumberland, Clay, Dekalb, Putnam, Overton, Pickett and White counties. She has been reelected to that position twice, in 2010 and 2014.
Experience. Fairness. Integrity.
Three words that describe Judge Amy Hollars.
Judge Amy Hollars is a native of Livingston and attended Overton County public schools. She received an undergraduate degree from the University of the South and holds a master’s degree from Vanderbilt University. In 1995, she received a law degree, with highest honors, from the University of Tennessee College of Law.
Hollars practiced law in Knoxville for seven years and in Livingston for six years. In 2008, she was appointed by Governor Phil Bredesen as the Circuit Judge for the Thirteenth Judicial District, which consists of Cumberland, Clay, Dekalb, Putnam, Overton, Pickett and White counties. She has been reelected to that position twice, in 2010 and 2014.
Graduate
Livingston Academy
Class of 1984
Undergraduate Degree
University of
the South
Master's Degree
Vanderbilt
University
Law Degree
University of
Tennessee
Graduate
Livingston Academy
Class of 1984
Undergraduate Degree
University of
the South
Master's Degree
Vanderbilt
University
Law Degree
University of
Tennessee
Judge Hollars comes from a long line of community servants.
Her father, John A. Turnbull, served as Circuit Judge for the 13th Judicial District for twenty years, and her mother was a schoolteacher and school psychologist in the Overton County School System. Her maternal grandfather, G.P. Frasier, served as principal of Rickman School for over thirty years, and her maternal grandmother, Margret Frasier, spent her career teaching at Livingston Academy and Tennessee Tech University. Frank Turnbull and Ellen Turnbull, her paternal grandparents, served Christ Church Presbyterian, in Alpine, Tennessee for many years. Ellen Turnbull also taught in one of Overton County’s last one-room schoolhouses in Cravenstown.
As Circuit Judge, Judge Hollars carries on this ethic of service. With extensive experience in trial and motion practice, she knows the job of Circuit Judge and is prepared to continue serving the people of the 13th Judicial District with fairness, integrity and diligence. She has handled many thousands of cases in her twenty-seven years practicing law, both as a lawyer and a judge. She values treating people with respect and serving the public in a position of trust, and she takes that responsibility very seriously.
Judge Hollars comes from a long line of community servants.
Her father, John A. Turnbull, served as Circuit Judge for the 13th Judicial District for twenty years, and her mother was a schoolteacher and school psychologist in the Overton County School System. Her maternal grandfather, G.P. Frasier, served as principal of Rickman School for over thirty years, and her maternal grandmother, Margret Frasier, spent her career teaching at Livingston Academy and Tennessee Tech University. Frank Turnbull and Ellen Turnbull, her paternal grandparents, served Christ Church Presbyterian, in Alpine, Tennessee for many years. Ellen Turnbull also taught in one of Overton County’s last one-room schoolhouses in Cravenstown.
As Circuit Judge, Judge Hollars carries on this ethic of service. With extensive experience in trial and motion practice, she knows the job of Circuit Judge and is prepared to continue serving the people of the 13th Judicial District with fairness, integrity and diligence. She has handled many thousands of cases in her twenty-seven years practicing law, both as a lawyer and a judge. She values treating people with respect and serving the public in a position of trust, and she takes that responsibility very seriously.
Judge Hollars believes it is crucial that the courts operate
independent of partisanship or powerful outside interests.
And that real leadership requires
intellectual honesty and integrity
Judge Hollars believes it is crucial that the courts operate independent of partisanship or powerful outside interests.
And that real leadership requires intellectual honesty and integrity
Proven Leader
Hollars is a past President of the Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women, a former board member of the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, and a former treasurer of the Tennessee Judicial Conference. She has also served on the Tennessee Judicial Conference’s Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee and the Court Security Committee.
She currently serves as Chair of the Tennessee Bar Foundation as well as the Vice-Chair for WCTE, the local PBS television station. Hollars is a member of First Christian Church of Livingston, where she is an elder and sings in the choir. She has three college age children. Judge Hollars lives and maintains her judicial office in her hometown of Livingston.
Proven Leader
Hollars is a past President of the Tennessee Lawyers Association for Women, a former board member of the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, and a former treasurer of the Tennessee Judicial Conference. She has also served on the Tennessee Judicial Conference’s Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee and the Court Security Committee.
She currently serves as Chair of the Tennessee Bar Foundation as well as the Vice-Chair for WCTE, the local PBS television station. Hollars is a member of First Christian Church of Livingston, where she is an elder and sings in the choir. She has three college age children. Judge Hollars lives and maintains her judicial office in her hometown of Livingston.
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