Scott Justice Announces Candidacy for Circuit Court Judge, Part II, in the Fourth Judicial District

Scott Justice

Jefferson City, TN native Scott Justice has recently announced his candidacy for Circuit Court Judge and is hard at work on the local campaign trail. A Jefferson County High School graduate, Justice received his Bachelor of Arts from Carson-Newman College and also holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Vanderbilt School of Law of Nashville, TN.  Between college and law school, Justice worked as a manager in the food service industry and as a pest control technician.

At Jefferson County High School, Justice was a wrestler and a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He also looks back fondly on his time as a State and Regional Forensics Champion in Impromptu and Extemporaneous Speaking while attending Carson Newman.

While many of his classmates took jobs after graduation with large law firms from around the country, Justice, who had lived for ten years in Sevierville, decided to open a practice in Jefferson City. “I made the decision to come home after law school was over,” says Justice, “I wanted to work with the people of East Tennessee.” Today, his goal is to continue helping the people of the Fourth Judicial District as their next Circuit Court Judge.

If you ask Scott Justice, he’ll tell you how deep his East Tennessee roots run. “Community is important,” Justice, an Eagle Scout says, “And there are no communities I would rather serve than those of the Fourth Judicial District. I am proud to have been born here.” Justice is the son of Joe and Janet Justice of Jefferson City and grandson of the late Reverend Carl Ogle and Eula Mae Allen Ogle of Jefferson City, as well as the great-grandson of the late Shelby Allen and Selma Hodges Allen and late John Ogle and Nancy Ellen Frye Ogle of Sevier County. His Great Grandmother, Mollie Cureton Justice of Cocke County was one of the co-owners of the Jefferson Hospital in Jefferson City.

“After acting as an advocate for my clients in private practice, I feel this is the right time to offer my experiences in a new role. So many times, these important judicial elections go uncontested. It is my firm belief that the citizens of the Jefferson, Cocke, Sevier, and Grainger Counties deserve a choice in the selection of their judges. Our courts exist to serve the residents of each county, to follow the law of the land, and to seek justice according to the facts, but not at the expense of common sense. It is public service in its truest form.” Justice continued, “As a private practice attorney, I haven’t been part of the government and will act independently. The courtroom belongs to the people, not the judge or the lawyers. When the judge loses sight of this, justice is lost.”

Justice is an experienced trial attorney, having tried both civil and criminal cases, and has practiced in Probate, Chancery, Juvenile, Circuit, and Sessions Courts, as well as in the Court of Appeals and the Court of Criminal Appeals for the State of Tennessee.  He has also practiced in Federal Court and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.

Justice holds a firm belief in Constitutional Law and is adamant that the Constitution means what it says.  “I believe every lawyer in practice should defend both the Federal Constitution and the Constitution of the great State of Tennessee,” says Justice. “If I am elected I am committed to serve by these ideals.”

Scott Justice has been married for eighteen years to Ashley Justice, Director of Fund Development for the Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic of Sevier County, which provides primary medical and dental care to those without medical insurance who live or work in Sevier County.

The couple has two children.