The Judicial Nominating Commission met on June 27 in Chattanooga, June 28 in Nashville, and June 29 in Jackson to hold public hearings and conduct interviews of candidates for the upcoming Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals and Court of Appeals vacancies.
After interviewing a total of 35 candidates for the three positions, the commission selected these attorneys for nomination to Governor Bill Haslam for consideration in the following openings. Two panels were forwarded for each vacancy because the governor has the option to reject the first panel and the Judicial Nominating Commission, which by law ceases to exist after June 30, 2013 would not be able to act and select a second panel.
COURT OF APPEALS – WESTERN GRAND DIVISION
Panel A:
Robert Lawson Childers
Presiding Judge, Circuit Court
30th Judicial District
Memphis
Brandon Owen Gibson
Attorney/Partner
Pentecost & Glenn, PLLC
Alamo
Arnold B. Goldin
Chancellor
30th Judicial District
Memphis
Panel B:
Frank S. Cantrell
Deputy Director/General Counsel
Memphis Area Legal Services
Memphis
Dale Conder, Jr.
Partner
Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell
Jackson
Hubert Bailey Jones
Private Practice
Dyersburg
COURT OF APPEALS – MIDDLE GRAND DIVISION
Panel A:
Robert Lee Holloway, Jr
Circuit Court Judge
22nd Judicial District
Columbia, Tennessee
William Neal McBrayer
Attorney Member
Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC
Nashville, Tennessee
Forrest Shoaf
Investor
Lebanon, Tennessee
Panel B:
Christina Henley Duncan
Partner
Rogers, Duncan & North
Manchester, Tennessee
Linda W. Knight
Member
Gullett, Sanford, Robinson & Martin, PLLC
Nashville, Tennessee
Kathryn Ann Stephenson
Assistant General Counsel
Corrections Corporation of America
Nashville, Tennessee
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS – EASTERN GRAND DIVISION
Panel A:
Robert H. Montgomery, Jr.
Criminal Court Judge
Second Judicial District
Blountville, Tennessee
Boyd M. Patterson, Jr.
Assistant District Attorney General
11th Judicial District
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Thomas J. Wright
Circuit Court Judge
Third Judicial District
Greeneville, Tennessee
Panel B:
Charles Edward Atchley. Jr.
Assistant United States Attorney
Eastern District of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
William Jackson Brown
Owner
William J. Brown & Associates
Cleveland, Tennessee
Samuel K. Lee
Attorney
Ridenour & Ridenour Law Firm
Clinton, Tennessee
The openings are created by the announcements by Judge Joseph Tipton, Judge Patricia Cottrell and Judge Alan E. Highers that they will not seek retention in the August 2014 election.