Andrea Kline
Republican · TN · General Sessions Court Judge, Division IV
Andrea Kline is the incumbent General Sessions Court Judge for Knox County Division IV. The Knox County Commission appointed her in December 2025 after she served as an assistant district attorney in the Knox County District Attorney's Office from 2000 to 2025.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 4 records
On 2026-05-04, Compass reported that Andrea Kline had the endorsement of former Knox County General Sessions Judge Andrew Jackson and had received strong results in a Knoxville Bar Association member survey for the Division IV judgeship.
May 4, 2026
Source: compassknox.com · researched August 20, 2026
Appointed General Sessions Court Judge for Knox County in 2025.
December 1, 2025
Source: tncourts.gov · researched July 24, 2026
On 2020-07-23, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions and 23-year sentence in State v. Kevin Lane, a Knox County criminal appeal in which Andrea Kline was listed as an Assistant District Attorney for the State.
July 23, 2020
Source: tncourts.gov · researched August 20, 2026
On 2019-12-20, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in State v. Reuben Eugene Mitchell, a Knox County arson and false-insurance-claim appeal in which Andrea Kline was listed as an Assistant District Attorney for the State; the court reinstated the false-insurance-claim conviction and affirmed the trial-court judgments.
December 20, 2019
Source: tncourts.gov · researched August 20, 2026
Track record — Impartiality
Impartiality · 1 favorable
On 2026-05-04, Andrea Kline described her judicial philosophy in a Knox County election interview, saying a judge should apply the facts to the law and that personal opinion should not control judicial decisions.
May 4, 2026Favorable on Impartiality
Source: compassknox.com · researched August 20, 2026
Past race Andrea Kline ran in:
- General Sessions Judge Division IV (Unexpired Term) · August 6, 2026 · Knox County, Tennessee · incumbent
Profile last researched July 24, 2026.