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Shayla Nicole Purifoy

Nonpartisan · Tennessee · 2026

Running for General Sessions Civil Court Judge Division 2 — 30th Judicial District, Tennessee

Biography

Shayla Nicole Purifoy is a magistrate who was appointed to the Shelby County judiciary in 2016 and has heard criminal and civil matters for nearly a decade, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, she graduated from Rhodes College and the University of Memphis School of Law, worked about eight years as a staff attorney at Memphis Area Legal Services, and served as president of the Ben F. Jones Chapter of the National Bar Association in 2020.

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