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June 17, 2003
Circuit Court Judge Don Ash of Murfreesboro has assumed office as president of the Tennessee Judicial Conference, which includes all of the state’s 178 trial and appellate court judges. He succeeded Chancellor Steven Stafford of Dyersburg, whose term ended Friday during the annual Judicial…
September 8, 2003
Lawyers paid by the state torepresent indigent criminal defendants will have to get prior approval by the trial judge and administrative director of the courts before hiring investigators or experts, such as psychiatrists, under an amended rule adopted Monday by the Tennessee Supreme Court.The…
June 23, 2003
Chancellor Steve Stafford of Dyersburg will represent the the state’s 178 trial and appellate court judges on a special joint committee of the General Assembly created to determine whether Tennessee’s 31 judicial districts should be revamped because of population shifts.Stafford, who just completed…
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…
July 15, 2003
Applications will be accepted through Sept. 2 from attorneys wanting to succeed Tennessee Appellate Court Clerk Cecil Crowson, who has announced he will retire effective Jan. 1, 2004, after a decade in the position and 23 years of service with the judicial system."His dedication to the judicial…
August 4, 2003
Circuit Court Judge John McLellan, III, of Kingsport has been chosen as president-elect of the Tennessee Judicial Conference, which includes all of the state's 178 trial and appellate court judges. He will become president of the organization in June 2004 for a one-year term.“To have my judicial…
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…
August 27, 2003
Governor Phil Bredesen today announced that Nashville attorney Monte Watkins and Davidson County General Sessions Court Judge Mark Fishburn will fill two newly created criminal court positions in the 20th Judicial District. The General Assembly created these two new criminal court positions earlier…
August 29, 2003
High school students from Rutherford, Cannon and Bedford counties will hear three actual Supreme Court cases, including a death penalty appeal, as participants in a program designed to educate young Tennesseans about the judicial branch of government.The 600 students and their teachers from 12…
September 2, 2003
The Tennessee Supreme Court will convene at 1 p.m. Wednesday to hear cases for the first time in the newly renovated historic Post Office Building in Knoxville.Justices will hear four cases Wednesday and will reconvene at 9 a.m. Thursday to hear oral arguments in four additional appeals. Chief…
September 8, 2003
A rule detailing how attorneys and experts, such as psychiatrists and investigators, are paid by the state in cases involving indigent criminal defendants would be tightened under a proposal filed Monday by the Tennessee Supreme Court. The court’s proposal also sets out payment guidelines for…
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…
September 23, 2003
Shelby County Circuit Court Judge D’Army Bailey has a piece of experience-based advice for California Gov. Gray Davis, the target of an Oct. 7 recall election.“He needs to do what I did on election day,” said Bailey, who was ousted by California voters three decades ago in another high-profile…
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…
October 23, 2003
Mike Catalano, associate solicitor general in the Office of the State Attorney General, has been appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court as Appellate Court Clerk effective Jan. 1.Catalano, 49, has been with the Office of Attorney General since 1980. He will succeed Cecil Crowson, who is retiring…
October 29, 2003
New officers have been elected to represent the state's 207 court clerks. Officers of the Tennessee Conference of Court Clerks were chosen by the membership during a Chattanooga meeting of the County Officials Association of Tennessee. Clerks in all 95 counties are responsible for maintaining court…
November 12, 2003
Attorneys wanting to succeed Circuit Court Judge Robert A. Lanier in Shelby County, the state’s 30th Judicial District, have until Jan. 26 to submit their applications, Cornelia Clark, administrative director of the courts, said Wednesday. Lanier is retiring effective Dec. 31 after a judicial…
November 17, 2003
While most Tennessee judges are enjoying a day away from work on Saturday, Nov. 22, Chancellor Thomas (Skip) Frierson is opening his Morristown courtroom doors. In honor of National Adoption Day, Frierson will be at the Hamblen County Courthouse at 10 a.m. to finalize the adoptions of children.“If…
November 19, 2003
For at least part of the day on Monday, Nov. 24, there will be none of the usual opposing sides, arguments and adversarial proceedings in Chancellor Arnold Goldin’s Shelby County courtroom. In honor of National Adoption Month, at 9:30 a.m. the chancellor will finalize adoptions of at least five…