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September 26, 2014
The Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments will consider eight applicants when it meets October 15 in Columbia to select nominees for the vacancy in the 22nd Judicial District Circuit Court – Giles, Lawrence, Maury, and Wayne counties.The vacancy has been created by the appointment of…
September 10, 2014
The Governor’s Commission on Judicial Appointments met on September 10, 2014 in Memphis to hold a public hearing and conduct interviews of candidates for the Chancellor vacancy in the 30th Judicial District.After interviewing the candidates and conducting a vote, the Commission has submitted the…
September 2, 2014
The Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments is now accepting applications for the Circuit Court Judge vacancy in the 22nd Judicial District Circuit Court – Giles, Lawrence, Maury, and Wayne counties. The vacancy has been created by the appointment of Judge Robert Holloway to the Tennessee…
August 27, 2014
Appellate, trial, general sessions, juvenile, and municipal judges from across the state of Tennessee attended a weeklong training earlier this month in Murfreesboro.More than 100 judges participated in the sessions as students or teachers, which included information on transitioning from a law…
August 26, 2014
The Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments is now accepting applications for the Circuit Court Judge vacancy in the 21st Judicial District –Hickman, Lewis, Perry, and Williamson counties. The vacancy has been created by the appointment of Judge Timothy Easter to the Tennessee Court of…
August 25, 2014
The Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments will consider 15 applicants when it meets September 10 in Memphis to select nominees for the chancery court vacancy in the 30th Judicial District, which serves Shelby County.The vacancy was created by the appointment of Chancellor Kenny Armstrong…
August 22, 2014
The Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments is now accepting applications for the chancellor vacancy in the 30th Judicial District Chancery Court (Shelby County). The vacancy has been created by the appointment of Chancellor Kenny Armstrong to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, effective…
August 21, 2014
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today appointed Robert Lee Holloway Jr. of Columbia to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Middle Section.Holloway, 62, replaces Judge Jeff Bivins, who was recently appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Holloway has been a Circuit Court judge for the 22nd…
August 20, 2014
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today appointed Judge Timothy Lee Easter of Brentwood to the Court of Criminal Appeals, Middle Section, replacing Judge Jerry L. Smith, who is retiring.Easter’s appointment becomes effective September 1.More information is available here.
August 15, 2014
An investiture ceremony honoring Judge Robert H. Montgomery, Jr as he joins the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals will take place at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, August 20, 2014 in Kingsport.Gov. Bill Haslam will give the oath of office to Judge Montgomery at the Kingsport Renaissance Center Theater.…
August 14, 2014
The Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments is now accepting applications for the chancellor vacancy in the 30th Judicial District Chancery Court (Shelby County). The vacancy has been created by the appointment of Chancellor Kenny Armstrong to the Tennessee Court of Appeals, effective…
June 23, 2014
Responding to a request from the Sumner County judiciary, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has appointed Joe H. Thompson as circuit court judge for Sumner County, effective June 27, 2014.Thompson won the Republican primary on May 6, and faces no further opposition in the August 7 general election. The…
May 6, 2014
The Southeastern chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates has honored Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Gary Wade and Davidson County Circuit Judge Joe P. Binkley, Jr.
At the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates (SEABOTA) in Nashville…
March 28, 2014
Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Chris Craft is a 2014 recipient of the Dunavant Public Servant Award, selected by the family of the late Probate Court Clerk Bobby Dunavant and the Rotary Club of Memphis East.The Daily News of Memphis has the details.
March 7, 2014
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today appointed Carma Dennis McGee of Savannah as chancellor in the 24th Judicial District. She replaces Chancellor Ron E. Harmon, who died September 14, 2013.McGee will serve immediately upon her appointment and be up for election this August. The 24th…
February 27, 2014
Sumner County Circuit Court Judge C.L. “Buck” Rogers died Thursday, February 27, 2014 in Hendersonville.Visitation will be 1-7 p.m. Saturday, March 1 at Hendersonville Memory Gardens, 353 Johnny Cash Parkway, Hendersonville 37075; (615) 824-3855.Memorial services will start at 2 p.m. Sunday, March…
January 27, 2014
Retired Chancellor Frederick D. McDonald of Knoxville passed away on January 25, 2014. He was 85.
Chancellor McDonald, born and raised in Michigan, was a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. During the Korean War, he served in the US. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps in the…
January 23, 2014
The Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments met on January 23, 2014 in McKenzie to hold a public hearing and conduct interviews of candidates for the Chancellor opening in the 24th Judicial District, which serves Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Hardin, and Henry counties.After interviewing the…
January 17, 2014
The Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments will consider three applicants when it meets next week in McKenzie to select nominees for the chancery court vacancy in the 24th Judicial District, which serves Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Hardin, and Henry counties. The vacancy was created by the…
January 6, 2014
The Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments is now accepting applications for the chancellor vacancy in the 24th Judicial District Chancery Court (Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Hardin, and Henry counties). The vacancy was created by the death of the Honorable Ron E. Harmon.Any interested…