Attorney to discuss charter government at Democratic Women’s Club Meeting

 

Joe Jarret, an attorney who has served two different charter county governments as law director-chief legal counsel, will speak next week at the Anderson County Democratic Women’s Club. The meeting, which includes a pot luck dinner, will start at 6 p.m. Monday, October 24, in the Club Room of the Clinton Community Center, which is at 101 South Hicks Street in Clinton.

Jarret will discuss the mechanics and practical effects of a charter form of government. He has served three different government entities as chief legal counsel, the most recent being Knox County. During his service there, he provided legal advice to the 27-member Charter Review Commission during months of public hearings.

A federal and state mediator, the attorney has practiced law for more than 24 years. He is chair of the Tennessee Bar Association City/County/Local Government Law Section, and past president of the East Tennessee Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration and the Tennessee Valley Mediation Association.

Jarret is a full-time lecturer for the University of Tennessee’s Department of Political Science and Graduate School of Public Policy and Administration. An award-winning writer, he has published more than 85 articles in various professional journals, including the Tennessee Bar Journal.

He has presented blocks of instruction on behalf of many national organizations, as well as the Tennessee Bar Association, The Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts, the Knoxville Bar Association, East Tennessee Legal Aid, and other legal, civic, and professional organizations.

Jarret is the 2009 recipient of the Gordon Johnston Award for Excellence in the practice of local government Llw. He is a former active duty U.S. Army armored cavalry officer and former U.S. Air Force special agent with service overseas.

He has a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree in public administration, a juris doctorate degree, a graduate certificate in public management, and is pursing a doctorate in educational leadership at UT.

No reservations are necessary. For more information, please email Ann Mostoller at amostoller@msw-law.com or call Mary Matheny at (865) 483-8937.

This press release was submitted by Kay Brookshire.