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November 27, 2023
The Board of Judicial Conduct has issued a public reprimand of Municipal Judge John Rosson. Read the reprimand here.
March 7, 2023
The Parliament of Ukraine recently reached out to the National Judicial College (NJC) for assistance with revamping its judicial system at three different levels. The NJC responded by asking nine United States judges to write position papers for the parliament. Three judges were asked to handle…
September 1, 2022
Tennessee jurists from Mountain City to Memphis, from Supreme Court justices to general sessions judges, began new eight-year judicial terms today, September 1, 2022. The judges were elected or retained during the August general election. The previous judicial term ran from September 1, 2014 to…
November 17, 2021
Judge Lanning P. Wynn is retiring after 43 years of service to the Sevierville Municipal Court, as the city’s first and only judge. “I started in December of 1979. I was appointed City Judge by then Mayor Gary Wade, who later went on to become Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court,”…
November 16, 2021
Chattanooga City Judge Sherry Paty received the Sharon G. Lee Award of Excellence at the 2021 Tennessee Municipal Judges Conference.The award is presented each year to a municipal judge who makes a significant contribution to the conference over his or her years of service to the bench. It was…
January 4, 2021
Memphis Municipal Court Judge Teresa Jones died on January 2 after a battle with cancer. She was 61.Judge Jones began serving in Division One of Memphis Municipal Court on January 15, 2019, after having been appointed by Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland. She won election to that seat in October 2019.“…
November 25, 2020
Murfreesboro Municipal Judge Ewing Sellers was recently awarded the 2020 Sharon G. Lee Award of Excellence by the Tennessee Municipal Judges Conference. In 2015, Board of Governors created the Sharon G. Lee Award of Excellence to be presented to a municipal judge who has made a significant…
November 20, 2020
The Tennessee Municipal Judges Conference recently honored the late Judge John Harrison Lowe with a scholarship at the Nashville School of Law. Judge Lowe passed away in March of 2018. He first became a municipal court judge for the City of Millersville in 1981 and previously served as…
October 18, 2019
The Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct has named Judge Marshall L. Davidson III as its new disciplinary counsel. Judge Davidson will begin serving as disciplinary counsel on January 1, 2020. He currently is the presiding judge for the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, a position…
August 1, 2019
Longtime City of Clarksville Municipal Court Judge Charles W. Smith was named the 2019 recipient of the Sharon G. Lee Award of Excellence at the most recent meeting of the Tennessee Municipal Court Judges Conference.The award, named in honor of Tennessee Supreme Court Justice and former…
August 31, 2017
The Tennessee Municipal Judges’ Conference presented the Sharon G. Lee Award of Excellence to Judge Gregory D. Smith of Montgomery County. The award is presented each year to a municipal judge who has made a significant contribution to the Conference over the course of his or her service on the…
April 13, 2017
More than 150 Municipal Court judges from across Tennessee attended seminars this week in Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson. The judges attended workshops on ethical duties, codes enforcement and heard from the Board of Judicial Conduct.
Municipal courts, sometimes called “city courts,” hear cases…
January 23, 2017
From The Wilson PostMt. Juliet's city judge got a phone call a few days ago that astounded her and could potentially change her life, as well as a little boy's.City judge and long-time local attorney Carolyn Christoffersen never believed because she regularly gave blood while in law school, that 17…
October 10, 2016
Clint Black and John Rich will headline a benefit for the Davidson County Drug Court, Cherished H.E.A.R.T.S., and Grace Empowered.This music showcase will be held at Mt. Richmore - the home of country music superstar John Rich – and features an intimate performance by the ACM, CMA and AMA award-…
September 8, 2016
Judge Sherry Paty was introduced as the new president of the Tennessee Municipal Judges’ Conference during the group’s annual meeting in August. Judge Paty serves as Chattanooga Municipal court judge. She is a lifelong resident of Chattanooga, and has held the office of City Court Judge since 2004…
August 30, 2016
Chief Justice Sharon Lee recently presented the Tennessee Supreme Court’s initiatives to Chief Justices from supreme courts across the country at the National Conference of Chief Justices during their annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The gathering in late July was a joint conference with…
August 29, 2016
From The TennesseanAn 8-foot-tall bronze statue of former Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Adolpho A. Birch Jr. was unveiled Saturday in a ceremony honoring the judicial pioneer's legacy.The unveiling also marked the 10-year anniversary of Nashville's downtown criminal courthouse,…
August 25, 2016
The 10-year anniversary committee of the Justice A.A. Birch Building will dedicate a statue of Chief Justice A. A. Birch, Jr. a state Supreme Court judge, who served 37 years as a judicial stalwart, at 5 p.m. on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 408 2nd Ave N, Nashville, 37201.
A celebration, held in…
August 5, 2016
The Eastern Grand Division of the Tennessee Appellate Courts will hold a blood drive on Wednesday, August 10 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the courthouse at 505 Main Street in downtown Knoxville.Anyone is welcome to take part in the blood drive. All donors will receive a free t-shirt, and coupon for a…
July 25, 2016
Tennessee ranks ninth in United States for providing access to its courts, according to the 2016 Justice Index, a nationwide study that ranks states according to their adoption of selected best practices for ensuring access to justice. Furthermore, Tennessee takes the No. 1 ranking in the Southeast…