Juvenile Court Clerk

Juvenile Court Clerk

The Davidson County Juvenile Court Clerk is the court’s record keeper and is a constitutional officer elected by the people for a term of four years. The duties and responsibilities include processing all legal documents filed in Juvenile Court, maintaining docket and minute books, acting as the keeper of the court records, preparing hearing dockets, providing deputy clerks for all court hearings, maintaining financial records, and collecting court costs, fines, child support, bonds, and restitution.The clerk also prepares orders for the Juvenile Court, administers trust funds for minors, and any other trust accounts ordered by the court.

LONNELL MATTHEWS

Lonnell Matthews is running for re-election to the position of Davidson County Juvenile Court Clerk in Tennessee, an office he assumed in 2018. Matthews is a Nashville native, raised in Bordeaux, who earned his B.S. in Accounting and Business Law from Tennessee State University.

Matthews was named “40 Under 40” by Nashville Business Journal and has a long record of volunteer work with the YMCA, serving as the District Executive Director of Youth Outreach for the organization. At age 27, he was elected to the Nashville Metropolitan Council, becoming the youngest African American elected to the council.

‘His campaign focuses on restorative justice, with a promise to ensure that the entire clerk’s staff is trained in trauma-informed care. Matthews advocates for community partnerships with non-profit youth service providers. Matthews says, “The biggest threat to Nashville is destructive segregation because it creates pockets of concentrated poverty, low-quality public schools, and destroys economic mobility, thus making the American dream much more difficult to obtain.”