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Results of Candidate Member Survey Released

Posted on: Jun 25, 2020

For Immediate Release
June 25, 2020                                      
Contact: Marsha Watson, KBA Executive Director
(865) 522-6522

 

KNOXVILLE BAR ASSOCIATION RELEASES RESULTS OF CANDIDATE MEMBER SURVEY
 

Knoxville, Tenn.— June 25, 2020 – The Knoxville Bar Association today released the results of its Candidate Member Survey for the contested races related to the justice system on the August 6 ballot. The Survey asked each member of the Knoxville Bar Association to carefully assess whether the candidates have demonstrated the knowledge, skill, experience, training, education, professional ethics, and temperament to fulfill the duties of the offices to which they aspire. The Survey is designed to provide a measure of guidance to voters who might otherwise be unfamiliar with the candidates.

The Survey asked members to evaluate each candidate’s overall suitability for the offices of Knox County Public Defender and Knox County Law Director. Every member was asked to rate each candidate according to the following options: Strongly Recommend, Recommend, Do Not Recommend, Strongly Do Not Recommend and, Do Not Know Candidate. If an attorney did not know the candidates’ qualifications or had no opinion, he/she was instructed to mark “do not know candidate.”

“The intent is not to endorse any particular candidate, but rather to inform the public of the opinions of many of the attorneys actively practicing in East Tennessee regarding candidates’ fitness to serve in the judicial and related offices to which they are seeking election. The Knoxville Bar Association is pleased to provide this service to members of our community who have few if any encounters with the court system,” said Knoxville Bar Association President Hanson Tipton about the KBA’s Membership Survey policy. “An informed electorate is vital to the efficient administration of justice.”

The Survey was conducted electronically from June 15 to June 25, 2020. Four hundred sixty-three KBA members participated in the survey.

 

 

Knoxville Bar Association
CANDIDATE MEMBER SURVEY
June 15-25, 2020
Total Ballots Received: 463

 

 

Knox Co. Public Defender

Strongly Recommend

Recommend

Do Not Recommend

Strongly Do Not Recommend

Do Not Know Candidate

Weighted Average

Sherif Guindi

49

52

48

21

293

2.76

Eric M. Lutton

124

95

15

9

220

3.37



 

Knox County Law Director

Strongly Recommend

Recommend

Do Not Recommend

Strongly Do Not Recommend

Do Not Know Candidate

Weighted Average

David L. Buuck

112

121

35

34

161

3.03

Jackson M. Fenner

36

50

53

30

294

2.54

 

 

 

 

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