John H. Bledsoe is Deputy Attorney General in charge of the Federal Habeas Corpus Division within the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter. John has worked in the Attorney General's Office since 2001 representing the State of Tennessee in criminal appeals and federal habeas corpus cases. John is a native of Pulaski, Tennessee, and is a graduate of Martin Methodist College, Samford University, and The University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.