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County attorney seeking open chancellor’s position

A once-in-career opportunity has Washington County Attorney John Rambo working on an application for the judicial seat that will become open with the retirement of Chancellor G. Richard Johnson next month.

“Positions in Circuit and Chancery courts only come open every 25 years,” said Rambo, who passed on a run for the third Sessions Court judge last fall to instead take the job as the full-time attorney for Washington County.

“I did not apply for the Sessions Court because I thought it was more important to get the county’s Legal Services Department started,” he said. More...


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