State Senator Explores Splitting Shelby County’s Judicial District - Articles

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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 22, 2026

As Shelby County grapples with growing caseloads, state Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Memphis, is exploring a move to split the 30th Judicial District. Taylor told The Tennessee Journal that splitting the county would involve either waiting for the Judicial Redistricting Committee’s recommendation due by 2027 or changing state law. “We've not done a statewide judicial redistricting since the 1980s, so it's been like 40 years,” he said. In 2024, Taylor recommended that Memphis-area suburbs split from the county court system and hire their own district attorney.