Honorable Jody S. Pickens

Gen. Jody Pickens is a lifelong resident of Madison County, Tenn., having lived outside the county only to attend law school. He is the husband to the former Linsey Stone and the proud father of three children: Stone (8), Sarah Tucker (6) and Elizabeth (5) – all of whom provide him the motivation every morning to go to work to better the community he has loved his entire life. Upon graduating from law school in 1996, Gen. Pickens was fortunate to be hired as an Assistant District Attorney General by Gen. Jerry Woodall. He worked in this position for 21 years. Upon Gen. Woodall’s retirement in 2017, Gen. Pickens was appointed District Attorney General by Gov. Bill Haslam. The next year, he ran unopposed to keep the position. “My career as a prosecutor has been both challenging and rewarding,” Gen. Pickens said. “It has given me an opportunity to make the communities of the 26th Judicial District a safer place to live.”  

• Member of First Presbyterian Church, Elder 
• Member of the Jackson Downtown Rotary Club 
• 2020 – Named District Attorney General of the Year, by the Tennessee Constables Association 
• 2020 – Member of the Family Justice Committee of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference 
• 2019 – present, Executive Committee of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference 
• 2019 – present, Member of Gov. Lee’s Council for Judicial Appointments 
• 2019 – Named Outstanding Lambuth Alumnus 
• 2019 – Member Judicial Redistricting Committee of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference 
• 2018 – present, Member of the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility 
• 2018 – 2019, Member of the Technology Committee of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference 
• 2018 – 2019, Member of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Liaison Committee of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference 
• 2017 – present, Member of the Legislative Committee of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference 
• 2017 – present, Member of the Audit Committee of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference 
• 2017 – present, member Statewide Child Protective Investigative Team Advisory Board 
• 2017 – present, member of the Jackson, Tennessee Mayor’s Council on Domestic Violence 
• 2013 – 2017, Member of the Justice and Professionalism Committee of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference 
• 2012 – Received the “Champion of Victim’s Rights Award” from The Trauma, Faith, and Resilience Initiative of the Center for Just and Caring Communities at Union University  
• 2012 – present, Member of the Sexual Assault Response Team for Jackson-Madison County 
• 2004 – present, Lecturer for the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner/Sexual Assault Response Team training program which educates and provides credentialing for health care providers specially trained to deal with victims of sexual assault 
• 2007 – Recognized by West Tennessee Legal Services for Outstanding Service to the Victims of Violent Crime 
• 1999 – Recognized for Outstanding Service to the City Court of Jackson, Tenn. 
• 1999 – Received the “Friend of the Family” Award from the American Family Association for prosecution of illegal adult entertainment in Jackson, Tenn. 

The 26th Judicial District contains five colleges and universities. It also has a family justice center named the Safe Hope Center, which the DA office staffs along with the Jackson Police Department and Women’s Rape and Resource Program (WRAP). Madison County, which along Chester and Henderson counties makes up the 26th Judicial District, is the center for higher education, health care, commerce and entertainment for all of West Tennessee.