The Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments met on May 4, 2015 in Johnson City to hold a public hearing and conduct interviews of candidates for the impending circuit court vacancy in the 1st Judicial District, which serves Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, and Washington counties.
After interviewing the candidates and conducting a vote, the Council has submitted the following three as nominees to Gov. Bill Haslam for the vacancy:
Jerome Cochran
Elizabethton
James Edwin Lauderback
Johnson City
Lois Bunton Shults-Davis
Unicoi
The vacancy has been created by the announcement that the Honorable Thomas J. Seeley, Jr. is retiring effective June 30, 2015.
Completed applications of the nominees can be found by clicking on their names above.