General Jody Pickens is a lifelong resident of Madison County, Tennessee, 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, Sarah Tucker and Elizabeth – 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, General Pickens was fortunate to be hired as an Assistant District Attorney General by General Jerry Woodall. He worked in this position for 21 years. Upon General Woodall’s retirement in 2017, General Pickens was appointed District Attorney General by Governor Bill Haslam. The next year, he ran unopposed to keep the position. “My career as a prosecutor has been both challenging and rewarding,” General Pickens said. “It has given me an opportunity to make the communities of the 26th Judicial District a safer place to live.”