Newly appointed Knox County Criminal Court Judge Steve Sword was sworn in by Governor Bill Haslam at a formal investiture ceremony on August 8, 2011. Pictures from the ceremony are below.
Sword took the bench on August 1 after being sworn in by Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz and Judge Bob McGee, fellow Knox County Criminal Court judges. To see pictures from that event, click here for the story from the Knoxville News Sentinel.
Prior to his appointment to the bench, Sword served as assistant district attorney in Knox County for 15 years.
