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August 17, 2009
Nashville, Tenn. – Circuit Court Judge Robert L. Childers of Memphis has been appointed to a third term as Chair of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs (CoLAP). The Commission was created to promote a healthy work-life balance and offer assistance to lawyers,…
August 18, 2009
Nashville, Tenn. – The Administrative Office of the Courts has submitted the 237 applications for the Judicial Nominating Commission, along with more than 100 comments about the applicants, to Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey and House Speaker Kent Williams for review. The public comment period ended on August…
August 21, 2009
Nashville, Tenn. – Twenty-seven Tennessee judges participated in an intensive four-day Judicial Academy this week. Conducted by the Administrative Office of the Courts, Judicial Academy provides training for appellate, trial, general sessions and municipal court judges that have been recently…
August 27, 2009
(Nashville) - Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey and Speaker of the House of Representatives Kent Williams today announced their appointees to the new Judicial Nominating Commission. The commission will review and recommend applicants for vacancies on appellate and state trial courts across Tennessee."The…
August 28, 2009
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Supreme Court will recognize Knoxville Attorney Donald Paine for 35 years of service on the court’s Advisory Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure. The court will also recognize Paine’s long-time assistant, Karen Roberts.The court will formally recognize…
September 1, 2009
Nashville, Tenn. – The full list of appointees to the newly created Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission was announced today. The nine-member commission was appointed by the Tennessee Judicial Council, Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey and House Speaker Kent Williams.The Judicial Performance…
September 2, 2009
Nashville, Tenn. – The first meeting of the newly created Judicial Nominating Commission will be held on Wednesday, September 23 at 9:00 a.m. CDT. The meeting will be held at the Administrative Office of the Courts, which is located at 511 Union Street in Nashville. This meeting is open to the…
September 3, 2009
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Supreme Court honored Knoxville Attorney Donald Paine today for 35 years of service on the court’s Advisory Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure. The court also recognized Paine’s long-time assistant, Karen Roberts.Members of the advisory commission are…
September 15, 2009
The Tennessee Supreme Court amended Rule 9 on Friday with the adoption of Section 32. This amendment establishes guidelines for suspending the licenses of attorneys who fail to pay their privilege tax as outlined in T.C.A. 67-4-1701 – 1710. This new amendment will go into effect on January 1, 2010…
September 23, 2009
Nashville, Tenn. – Members of the newly formed Judicial Nominating Commission convened today to elect officers and begin the process for filling the vacancy in the 30th Judicial District created by the retirement of Judge D’Army Bailey. The new judicial application, which was approved by the…
October 20, 2009
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Supreme Court today unanimously affirmed the Court of Criminal Appeals decision to uphold the detention and questioning of a reckless driver of a tractor trailer based on an anonymous tip.In this case, State of Tennessee v. Jerry Lee Hanning, a police officer…
October 28, 2009
Earlier this month, Tennessee hosted high court judges, justices and state administrators from eight states for the 3rd annual Southern Region High Court Conference.The conference, which was held October 8 – 10 in Nashville, Tenn., featured an array of educational programs centered around the…
October 28, 2009
Nashville, Tenn. – The Judicial Nominating Commission is now accepting applications for the judicial vacancy in the 30th Judicial District created by the retirement of Judge D’Army Bailey. The commission has voted to re-open the application process due to the lack of a sufficient number of…
January 1, 2009
The Tennessee Judicial Conference (TJC), an organization composed of all state trial and appellate judges, held its fall conference in Murfreesboro from October 17 to 19, 2009. The Conference offers continuing judicial education for judges, and by statute, it meets to consider judges’ official…
November 3, 2009
Nashville, Tenn. – Three Tennessee trial court judges completed the General Jurisdiction course at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nev.Judge Joe Binkley, of the 20th Judicial District Circuit Court in Nashville; Judge David Earl Durham of the 15th Judicial District Circuit Court (Jackson,…
November 16, 2009
Nashville – The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, in partnership with the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts, has been awarded $196,742 for a Mental Health Criminal Justice Collaboration Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance.The grant will be…
November 23, 2009
Memphis – The Memphis Bar Association’s Young Lawyers’ Division honored Circuit Judge Lorrie Ridder with the 2009 Chancellor Charles A. Rond Award for Outstanding Judge of the Year at their annual meeting on November 19. Ridder was one of five Shelby County judges who were nominated for the award.…
December 1, 2009
The deadline to submit applications for the 30th Judicial District Circuit Court vacancy, created by the retirement of Judge D'Army Bailey, has passed. The following 12 people submitted an application for consideration. The commission will meet at 8:30 a.m. CST on Saturday, December 19, 2009, at…
December 21, 2009
The Judicial Nominating Commission met in Memphis on Saturday, December 19, 2009, to review the 12 applicants for the judicial vacancy in the 30th Judicial District created by the retirement of Judge D'Army Bailey. After holding a public hearing and interview for each applicant, the Judicial…
January 7, 2010
Former Chief Justice Barker was honored at a portrait unveiling ceremony Wednesday at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Chattanooga. Barker, a native of Chattanooga, retired from the Tennessee Supreme Court in September 2008 after a judicial career spanning 25 years.The portrait of Barker, which…