NASHVILLE (AP) — Circuit Court Judge John J. Maddux Jr. of Middle Tennessee has been honored for outstanding judicial service.

He received the Justice Frank F. Drowota III award during the Tennessee Bar Association's annual convention in Chattanooga.

Maddux has been circuit judge since 1984 in the 13th Judicial District that includes Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Overton, Pickett, Putnam and White counties. He has been president of the Tennessee Judicial Conference and the Tennessee Trial Judges Association.