From the Chattanooga Times Free Press: Tenth Judicial District Attorney General Stephen Crump will step down in July for a job as executive direct
From the Chattanooga Times Free Press: Tenth Judicial District Attorney General Stephen Crump will step down in July for a job as executive director of the Tennessee District Attorney Generals Conference in Nashville.
Crump said- “My last day in the DA’s office will be July 15, and my first day as executive director will be July 16.”
The 10th Judicial District consists of Bradley, Polk, McMinn, and Monroe counties.
Crump said he will fulfill the remaining term of the conference’s retiring executive director, Guy Jones, and then will serve at the pleasure of the group if it reappoints him in June 2024. Jones has held the post since 2020.
According to Crump, current cases being prosecuted by Crump’s office will continue uninterrupted with senior members among his assistant district attorneys overseeing them.
Crump said he had no intention of seeking the executive director’s post until a number of his fellow Tennessee district attorneys began a discussion about it. He said he sought divine guidance as he made his decision.
Crump submitted his name to the conference’s search committee, and the search committee voted not to perform further searches and instead to submit his name as their nominee for the post, he said.
The conference as a whole voted unanimously to select Crump on March 10th.
Along with serving as a liaison between state district attorneys and the General Assembly and other state departments, the conference handles all bill paying, payroll and other human resources services, hiring policies, and technological support, among other functions for DAs across the state.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee will have to appoint a replacement for Crump’s vacant post. Then the seat will go on the March 2024 primary ballot
A Cleveland, Tennessee, native, Crump was appointed to head the 10th Judicial District starting July 1, 2014, by then-Gov. Bill Haslam. He was then elected in the August general election that same year to a full eight-year term.
