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March 11, 2011
Nashville, Tenn. - The Tennessee Supreme Court filed an order today soliciting public comments to proposed changes to Code of Judicial Conduct, the ethics rules for Tennessee judges.The Tennessee Bar Association (TBA) filed a petition on February 25, 2011, asking the Court to adopt an amended Code…
March 14, 2011
Fifteen Tennessee judges, including Chief Justice Cornelia A. Clark, presided over the 31st annual Tennessee State High School Mock Trial Competition this weekend. Judges from across the state joined more than 200 attorneys and volunteers lended their expertise to this weekend’s state competition…
April 2, 2002
The Eastern Section of the state Court of Appeals is going back to high school. But this time the court will be doing the teaching for 150 Knox County students.On April 15, for the first time, the court will hear oral argument in four actual cases on a high school campus. The half-day session at…
July 17, 2002
A $50,000 gift from a former Tennessee Court of Appeals judge will help improve and sustain a Memphis law library used for legal research by state appellate court judges.“We are grateful for the generosity of Judge Robert Love Taylor, who was a beloved and respected member of the Tennessee…
October 21, 2002
Students from four Knox County High Schools will get a first-hand look at the judicial system Nov.15 as participants in a state Court of Appeals program designed to educate young Tennesseans about the appellate process.The 150 students and their teachers will attend oral argument in four actual…
January 10, 2003
The Tennessee Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals and Appellate Court Clerk's Office will move into this historic United States Post Office Building in Knoxville. In remarks at an open house, Justice E. Riley Anderson thanked the City of Knoxville, Knox County and others for…
April 3, 2002
After a judicial career spanning more than three decades, including 23 years on the appellate bench, Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge Ben Cantrell of Nashville will retire effective Sept. 1. The 17-member Judicial Selection Commission will meet in August to conduct a public hearing and interview…
July 2, 2003
The Oct. 1 retirement of Chancellor Irvin Kilcrease and the authorization by the General Assembly of two new Criminal Court judgeships and one additional Chancery Court position will add four new faces to the trial court bench in Davidson County, the 20th Judicial District.A July 31 deadline has…
August 5, 2003
The Tennessee chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) has selected state Court of Appeals Judge Charles D. Susano, Jr., of Knoxville, as 2003 Appellate Judge of the Year. Also being honored at an Aug. 9 ceremony in Knoxville is U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Gray Hull, who has…
September 17, 2003
Nashville - Governor Phil Bredesen today announced that Davidson County Circuit Court Judge Frank Clement, Jr., will fill a position on the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Middle Section, and Nashville Chancery Court Clerk and Master Claudia Capps Bonnyman and Nashville attorney Richard Dinkins will…
September 17, 2003
The Memorial Celebration of Life for the late Judge Paul Reeves Summers will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 19, at the First United Methodist Church in Somerville.Judge Summers of Somerville died unexpectedly on Sept. 17, 2003, in Phoenix, Ariz. Judge Summers, 80, is survived by two his wife of 56…
October 2, 2003
Lawsuits by an elderly widow against her grandson and by a man whose horse and mule drawn wagon slipped off a bridge are among four cases Hamblen County students will hear Oct. 14 as part of an educational program initiated by the Eastern Section of the Tennessee Court of Appeals.Judge Charles…
November 26, 2003
The names of 213 Tennessee appellate court judges who served since 1796 when the state was founded are etched in gold on donated imported black marble plaques to be unveiled at a 2 p.m. public ceremony Dec. 12 at the Supreme Court Building in Nashville.The Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society…
May 3, 2004
The state Judicial Selection Commission will meet May 16 in Knoxville to conduct a public hearing and interviews with applicants for a state Court of Appeals vacancy created by the April 2 death of Judge Houston Goddard.The public hearing will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Ballroom, Salons A & B,…
June 2, 2004
Nashville – Governor Phil Bredesen today announced that Monroe County native Sharon Gail Lee will fill a position on the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Eastern Section. Judge Lee“Sharon Lee brings tremendous experience in both the trial and appellate courts to her appointment on the Tennessee Court of…
August 2, 2004
A ceremony honoring former Tennessee Court of Appeals Presiding Judge Houston M. Goddard, who died April 2 after nearly 30 years on the bench, will include the presentation of a resolution by the General Assembly recognizing his service to the state.
Court will convene Aug. 9 at 9:30 a.m. for the…
November 15, 2004
The names of more than 200 Tennessee appellate court judges who have served since 1796 when the state was founded are etched on imported black marble plaques to be unveiled at a 2 p.m. public ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 17, at the Historic U.S. Post Office and Courthouse Building on Main Street in…
May 11, 2005
Tennessee Judges to Receive National HonorsJudges from Madisonville, Nashville and Memphis are being recognized with awards from the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ), with more than 1,500 members nationwide representing all levels of the state and federal judiciary.State Court of Appeals…
April 17, 2006
Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge William C. Koch, Jr., is among “The 500 Leading Judges in America,” based on a months-long survey of lawyers and judges conducted by Lawdragon.com.“Our staff of reporters and editors spent several months interviewing thousands of lawyers and judges nationwide to…
February 13, 2007
Lawsuits by a car accident victim and a man whose hearing loss allegedly went undiagnosed by doctors for nearly a decade are among three cases Monroe County students will hear Feb. 23 as part of an educational program initiated by the Eastern Section of the Tennessee Court of Appeals.Judge Sharon G…