Jerry N. Estes has been given the opportunity to demonstrate his leadership skills throughout his life in a variety of ways. A few of the more notable instances have been in the following professional positions:

• Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference, President 1996-1998, Ethics Committee 2000-2003, Vice-President 1995-1996, Secretary-Treasurer 194-1995, Public Education Committee 2005-2006, Executive Committee 1983-1984 1988-1989 2001-2002, Computer Committee 1985, Child Sexual Abuse Task Force 1984
• Tennessee Bar Association Board of Governors 1996-1998, Task Force on Drug and Alcohol Abuse 1985
• National District Attorneys Association Tennessee Director Board of Directors 2002-2006, Victim Services Committee Co-chair 2002-2004
• National Crime Victims Law Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School
• International Association of Prosecutors, past member
• National Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association, past member
• McMinn/Meigs Bar Association Vice President 1978-1979