Administrative Office of the Courts
The Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) provides support to the Tennessee Supreme Court and the entire state court system. The director, appointed by the Supreme Court, is administrative officer for the courts and oversees the AOC.
Duties of the office include:
- Preparing the court system’s annual budget;
- Providing judicial education;
- Providing computers, other equipment, training, and technical support for judges and other court personnel;
- Assisting judges with case assignments;
- Administering payroll accounts for the court system;
- Conducting orientation for new judges and staff members;
- Administering the official state criminal court reporters system;
- Providing assistance to judicial committees;
- Compiling court data; and
- Managing and disbursing funds to court-appointed attorneys representing indigents.
News
April 8, 2013
Two Tennessee veterans courts are the recipients of $40,000 in total grants from the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education & Specialization. The move is a result of an ongoing effort...
March 27, 2013
The Judicial Nominating Commission met on March 27, 2013 in Memhpis, Tenn., to hold a public hearing and conduct interviews of candidates for the Criminal Court vacancy in the 30th Judicial District...
March 25, 2013
In an effort to provide beginning lawyers with access to more resources and to encourage seasoned attorneys to take new lawyers under their wings, the organization that runs Tennessee’s continuing...
March 18, 2013
The Victim Offender Reconciliation Program of Tennessee (VORP) was sanctioned by the legislature in 1993. Pursuant to this legislation, the Administrative Office of the Courts has grant funds...
March 18, 2013
In 2000, the Tennessee General Assembly enacted Public Chapter 889, known as the Tennessee Parenting Plan Law which provides for funding to be distributed by the Administrative Office of the Courts “...
February 11, 2013
In an effort to increase the number of attorneys and law offices providing pro bono services to those who cannot afford legal costs, the Tennessee Supreme Court is launching an extensive recognition...
January 25, 2013
Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey has appointed David A. Golden of Hawkins County to the Judicial Nominating Commission. Mr. Golden will fill the vacancy left by the retirement of commission member Theresa Lee...
Contact
Administrative Office of the Courts
511 Union Street
Suite 600
Nashville, TN 37219
(615) 741-2687
(800)-448-7970
Fax: (615) 741-6285
Administrative Director
Elizabeth A. "Libby" Sykes was appointed Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts in October 2006 by the Tennessee Supreme Court, and has worked for the citizens of Tennessee for more than 20 years.
A career state employee, she began her employment with the Sentencing Commission as a Staff Attorney in 1986. She transferred to the Department of Correction in 1989, and then went to the Department of Health in 1992. She was hired as Executive Director of the Sentencing Commission in 1993 where she played an integral part in rewriting the sentencing guidelines for the citizens of Tennessee.
In 1995, she began her employment with the Administrative Office of the Courts. She became Deputy Director in 1999. In her current role as Director, Libby supervises six divisions with more than 80 employees. Libby serves as a member of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement Board, Tennessee Judicial Council, Information Systems Council, Supreme Court Building Commission and the Law Library Commission.
Libby graduated from Austin Peay State University in 1975 and received her juris doctorate from the University of Memphis in 1982. She is married to Tommy Murphy.