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Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 13, 2022

The Third Judicial District swore in its new public defender and assistant public defenders earlier this month, the Citizen Tribune reports. Judge John F. Dugger Jr. presided over the swearing in ceremony of Third Judicial District Public Defender Todd Estep, along with Hamblen County Assistant Public Defenders Ben Hodges, J. Nikki Price and Whitney Trujillo. Estep will be taking the place of Greg Eichelman, who served in the position for 33 years. The three new Hamblen County assistant public defenders join attorneys Rus Mattocks, who has been serving for over 30 years, and Colby Collins, who has been serving for a year.


Judge John F. Dugger Jr. swore in the new 3rd Judicial District Public Defender Todd Estep and the assistant public defenders for Greene, Hancock, Hamblen, and Hawkins counties at the Greene County Courthouse in Greeneville