Honorable Robert J. Carter

Gen. Robert Carter was appointed by Gov. Bill Haslam in July of 2012. Thereafter, Gen. Carter was elected to the position in 2014. Gen. Carter was elected and served as Secretary of the District Attorney General’s Conference in 2019–2020. He then was elected and served as vice president of the Conference in 2020–2021. Gen. Carter served as a member of the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Bench & Bar Committee, from 2012–2018. Gen. Carter also served on the Child Support Committee, Finance and Audit Committee, and Opioid/Heroin Committee. Gen. Carter is currently the chairman the Conference’s Justice and Professionalism Committee. 

Gen. Carter was an honors graduate of Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tenn. Gen. Carter earned his law degree from the University of Memphis in 2006. At Cumberland University, he was a member of the varsity football program. In 2016, Gen. Carter received Cumberland University’s Distinguished Alumni “Rising Phoenix” Award. In Nashville, he worked with the law firm of Smith Cashion & Orr, PLC, from May 2006 to December 2010. Previously, Gen. Carter interned with the Tennessee General Assembly, with the Calendar and Rules Committee.  

Gen. Carter is currently a member of the National District Attorneys Association, a former board of director’s member of Love Helps, Inc., a nonprofit charitable organization in Nashville, and a volunteer for American Cancer Society’s annual “Fabulous Fifties” fundraiser in Fayetteville. Gen. Carter was the assistant baseball coach for Fayetteville Middle School and Fayetteville High School in 2011–2013.

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