Child Support Services Division
Administrative Services Division
Curtis S. Person
Office
616 Adams Ave.
Memphis, TN 38105
901-405-8400
Judge Curtis S. Person was elected Judge of the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County in August 2006. Prior to his election as Judge, he served children and families of Memphis and Shelby County as Chief Referee and Chief Legal Officer of the Juvenile Court, where he began employment in 1976.
Judge Person served as a member of the Tennessee Senate from the 86th through 104th General Assemblies and was a member of the House of Representatives for the 85th General Assembly...a total of forty years. While in the Senate he served in leadership as Republican Caucus Chairman for six years and as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee for twenty years. He was also Vice-Chairman of the Select Committee on Children and Youth, and a member of various committees, including General Welfare, Education and Ethics.
Judge Person has been involved in various community organizations and has received numerous awards for outstanding public service. He served as President of the University of Memphis National Alumni Association and received the University's Distinguished Alumni Award. Judge Person also served as President of Handicapped Inc., the Mental Health Association of Memphis and Shelby County, the Memphis Heart Gala, and was chairman of the Memphis Drug Commission.
In 1969 the Jaycees named Judge Person Memphis' and Tennessee's Outstanding Young Man. As Senator, Judge Person was named Legislator of the Year by over twenty-five organizations, including the County Officials Association of Tennessee, the Tennessee Task Force Against Domestic Violence, Tennessee Mothers Against Drunk Driving, the Tennessee Juvenile Court Services Association, the Tennessee Trial Lawyers and the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference. In addition, he received the Champion For Children Award from the Tennessee Association of Child Care, the President's Service Award from the Tennessee Juvenile Court Services Association, the Outstanding Service to Children Award from the Tennessee Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and Award of Appreciation from the Tennessee Supreme Court, the Advocate of the Year Award from the Tennessee Association of Children With Learning Disabilities, the Equal Access to Justice Award from the Tennessee Alliance For Legal Services, and the first annual Kenneth A. Turner Juvenile Justice Award from the Department of Children's Services.
Judge Person is married to Geraldean Smith of Humbolt, Tennessee, and they have six children and ten grandchildren. Judge Person is a graduate of the University of Memphis and received his law degree from the University of Mississippi. He is a member of the Mississippi Bar Association and an honorary member of the Memphis Bar Association.
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