W. Sidney Vinson, III: Education, Bar Admissions and Experience
Graduate, Houston County High School, 1967
Austin Peay State University (B.S.), 1971
University of Tennessee (Doctor of Jurisprudence), 1974
Admitted
Tennessee Bar, 1975
Associations
Tennessee Bar Association
American Bar Association
Tennessee General Sessions Judges Conference
Tennessee Municipal Judges Conference
Tennessee Municipal Attorneys Association
Experience
Houston County Chancery Court Clerk & Master: 5 years
Licensed to practice law in Tennessee: 1975
Private Practice, Erin, TN: 1975-present
General Sessions & Juvenile Judge Houston County, Tennessee 1990-2022
Municipal Judge Cumberland City, Present
City Attorney, City of Tennessee Ridge, 1975-Present
County Attorney, Houston County, 1980-1990
County Attorney, Stewart County, 2000-2005
Legal Counsel for Industrial Development Board of Stewart County, 2000-2005
Legal Counsel for Stewart-Houston Industrial Park Board, Houston-Stewart Development Commission, and the Industrial Development Board of Stewart-Houston Counties, Present
Affiliations
Member: Coordinated School Health Advisory Council
Vice President: Erin Rotary Foundation, Inc.
Member and Past President: Erin Rotary Club
Past President: Houston County Lions Club
Member: Masons
Member and Vice-Chairman of Church Council Finance Committee: Erin United Methodist Church