News
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…
November 21, 2003
Chancellor Howell N. Peoples of Ooltewah has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate court judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should be retained in office or removed.Peoples, who serves the 11th…
November 21, 2003
Criminal Court Judge J.C. McLin of Memphis has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate court judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should be retained in office or removed.McLin, of the 30th Judicial…
November 21, 2003
Chancellor Carol L. McCoy of Nashville has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate court judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should be retained in office or removed.McCoy, of the 20th Judicial District…
November 21, 2003
Henrietta Grant of Knoxville has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should retain their judicial offices or be removed.Grant, manager of community relations at…
November 21, 2003
Attorney John A. Day of Nashville has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should be retained in judicial office or removed.Day, appointed by Lt. Gov. John Wilder…