CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Three applicants seeking to fill the Montgomery County’s Division V General Sessions and Juvenile Court judgeship presented their qualifications last week during the County Commission’s informal meeting, ahead of a vote set for Dec. 8.
The candidates are Samuel Knolton, Erin Poland Nolder and Merriel Bullock Neal. They spoke in the order their applications were received.
Knolton cites decades in law enforcement, prosecution and defense
Knolton, who has lived in Montgomery County since 1972, told commissioners he brings more than four decades of experience across policing, prosecution and private practice. “For the last 11 years, I have been in private practice. I’ve been practicing criminal law, civil law, family and juvenile,” he said.
Knolton previously served as Montgomery County’s first Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. Before entering law, he spent 27 years with the Clarksville Police Department, Austin Peay State University Campus Police and the Tennessee Department of Corrections. “I worked full-time as a police officer while going to law school,” he said…