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September 9, 2004
Governor Phil Bredesen today announced that 30th Judicial District Criminal Court Judge J.C. McLin will fill a vacancy in the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Western Division, created by the retirement of Judge Joe Riley."I am pleased to appoint Judge J.C. McLin to the Tennessee Court of…
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…
January 12, 2005
Future attorneys attending the Nashville School of Law will have an opportunity to hear oral arguments in a dozen Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals cases without leaving their Nashville campus.The cases involve crimes ranging from a speeding ticket a citizen received for his high speed pursuit of…
September 12, 2006
The 12-member Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals has elected Judge Joseph M. Tipton of Knoxville as its presiding judge.As presiding judge, Tipton will be responsible for setting court dockets, including determining who will serve on the court’s three-member panels, where they will sit and when.…
November 15, 2006
Governor Phil Bredesen today appointed Dea Kelly Thomas, Jr. to serve on Tennessee’s Court of Criminal Appeals, Eastern Division.Thomas, who now serves as a Circuit Court Judge for the state’s Fifth Judicial District, fills a vacancy created when his predecessor, Justice Gary Wade, was appointed to…
September 13, 2007
Future attorneys attending the Nashville School of Law will have an opportunity to hear oral arguments in three Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals cases without leaving campus.A three-member panel of the Court of Criminal Appeals, with Judge Jerry Smith presiding, will sit at 6 p.m. Sept. 18 in an…
June 9, 2008
Stafford and McMullen To Fill Respective Vacancies On Court of Appeals And Court Of Criminal Appeals, Western SectionNASHVILLE - Governor Phil Bredesen today announced that Chancellor Steve Stafford of Dyersburg, Tenn., has been appointed to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Western Section, and…
December 30, 2010
The Tennessee Supreme Court has appointed Judy Bond-McKissack as Executive Director of the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education (CLE) and Specialization, the body responsible for overseeing the continuing legal education for the state’s 20,000 attorneys. In this role, Bond-McKissack…
January 4, 2011
The Tennessee Supreme Court has appointed four new members to the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility (BPR), the Court-designated body responsible for overseeing the ethical conduct of attorneys.The Court has also named Lela M. Hollabaugh, of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Nashville, as…