SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (WOKI / WVLT) — Fourth Judicial District Attorney General Jimmy Dunn has announced his retirement effective August 31, 2026, a decision that comes less than a day after a judge raised concerns about statements contained in a sworn affidavit Dunn filed in an ongoing public records lawsuit.
Dunn serves as the elected District Attorney General for Tennessee’s Fourth Judicial District, which includes Cocke, Grainger, Jefferson and Sevier counties. He was first elected in 2006 and was re-elected in 2014 and 2022. His current eight-year term was not scheduled to expire until 2030.
The retirement announcement followed a July 9 court hearing in two public records cases filed by The Gatlinburg Free Press and publisher Erik Cooper. The lawsuits, filed in 2023 under Tennessee’s Public Records Act, seek access to records that the plaintiffs contend could document alleged misconduct involving Dunn and assistant district attorneys Ronald Crockett Newcomb and William Brownlow Marsh during grand jury proceedings…