General Sessions Makes Changes -- New Court Clerk Asks Auditor to Take Finance Director Duties

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After General Sessions Court Clerk Otis Jackson was indicted earlier this year, court judges picked Edward L. Stanton Jr. to replace him. Last month, the new clerk dismissed the office's finance director and replaced him with Adrienne Evans, a woman who knows General Sessions well.

Evans is the internal auditor who earlier this year wrote a critical report of financial problems in the General Sessions Court Clerk's office. She also wrote a similar report on the Chancery Court Clerk's office, whose former bookkeeper Brandon Gunn has pleaded guilty to taking more than $1 million.

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General Sessions Makes Changes -- New Court Clerk Asks Auditor to Take Finance Director Duties

Evans started work in the new role Oct. 17 and Stanton said she'll stay indefinitely.

"The advantage you have here, former auditor Ms. Evans not only identified the problems, she hit...

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