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May 19, 2017
2017 marks the 17th year in a row that the Tennessee Supreme Court will hold oral arguments before high school students at American Legion Boys State. The Court session is just one element of week-long programs in which 600 students learn through firsthand experience how our government works. …
May 18, 2017
Waverly D. Crenshaw Jr. dreamed of becoming an attorney as a child growing up in Nashville. A trail-blazing civic leader, he became the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee this spring.Here he is pictured with Court of Appeals Judge Richard H. Dinkins and…
May 18, 2017
Six state court chief justices recently signed a charter in support of the Regional Judicial Opioid Initiative (RJOI), which has developed an action plan with strategies to combat the growing opioid epidemic. The RJOI’s founding states include Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and…
May 15, 2017
On Saturday, April 8, volunteers came together for a free legal clinic at Campbell Chapel Baptist Church to help members of the public in Bolivar, Tennessee, get their criminal records expunged. Volunteer lawyers met with and prepared court forms for almost 40 clients who qualified for free…
May 15, 2017
The Trial Court Vacancy Commission is now accepting applications for the Circuit Court judge vacancy in the 30th Judicial District – Shelby County. Judge Robert L. Childers has informed the governor that he will retire effective June 30, 2017. Any interested applicant must be a licensed attorney…
May 12, 2017
Lipscomb University’s Institute for Conflict Management attracted approximately 150 mediators and attorneys from across the Tennessee as well as surrounding states for its annual Southeast Conference on Conflict Management.Topics ranged from Marketing your Mediation Practice, Intergenerational…
May 12, 2017
The Judges of the 17th and 22nd Judicial Districts invite you to attend a CLE Seminar and Luncheon, "Bench/Bar Relations and Rules of Practice" on Friday, May 19, 2017 from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m at the City of Lewisburg Recreation Center. Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Roger A. Page, along with…
May 11, 2017
Nine people graduated from Davidson County Veterans Court and were celebrated on Monday, May 8, 2017. General Sessions Judge Melissa Blackburn presided over the ceremony, and also presides over the court. Brigadier General Eden J. Murrie, United States Air Force, (Ret.) gave remarks.Across the…
May 11, 2017
The 2017 Tennessee Clerks of Court Board of Directors, Education Committee and the Administrative Office of the Courts presented the Tennessee Clerks of Court Spring Seminar May 9-11, 2017. Court clerks from across Tennessee were updated on court document e-filing, the juvenile court system,…
May 11, 2017
Source: Nashville Bar AssociationWith over 355 people in attendance, the Nashville Bar Association hosted their annual Law Day Luncheon on Friday, May 5, 2017—this year centering around the theme The 14th Amendment: Transforming an American Democracy. Court of Appeals Judge Frank Clement served as…
May 11, 2017
Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia Clark, Sharon G. Lee and Holly Kirby served on a panel as part of the Southeast Tennessee Lawyers' Association for Women's (SETLAW) Ladies of Justice "Lunch and Learn" event at the Hamilton County Criminal Courthouse in Chattanooga. The panel was moderated…
May 8, 2017
Members of the Tennessee legal community presented at the ABA Equal Justice Conference in Pittsburgh recently. Former Tennessee Supreme Court Access to Justice (ATJ) Commission Chairman Buck Lewis is also a co-chair of the conference as well as chairman of the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and…
May 8, 2017
Justice Roger Page was the keynote speaker for the Jackson-Madison County Bar Association Law Day luncheon on May 5, 2017 in Jackson. Held annually, Law Day celebrates and reflects upon the importance of the rule of law in our nation. The theme for Law Day was "The 14th Amendment: Transforming…
May 8, 2017
Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Connie Clark and professionals from the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners attended the Annual Bar Admissions Conference sponsored by the National Conference of Bar Examiners in San Diego, California May 4-6. At the conference, top professionals across the nation…
May 5, 2017
The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear three cases on Tuesday, May 9, 2017, in Knoxville, Tenn. The details of the cases are as follows:Tuesday, May 9, 2017Chuck’s Package Store, et al. v. City of Morristown – This case involves a municipality’s inspection fees imposed upon six businesses. The…
May 1, 2017
The Trial Court Vacancy Commission met today (Monday) to consider six applicants for the impending Circuit Court vacancy in the 2nd Judicial District, which serves Sullivan County. The vacancy will be created by the retirement in June of Judge R. Jerry Beck.After holding a public hearing and…
May 1, 2017
The Tennessee Supreme Court has affirmed James Hawkins’s premeditated murder conviction and sentence of death for the 2008 murder of Charlene Gaither, Mr. Hawkins’s long-term girlfriend and the mother of his three children.In February 2008, Mr. Hawkins stabbed Ms. Gaither, in the presence of their…
April 28, 2017
Source: The Daily Post-Athenian
Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Sharon Lee was the keynote speaker at this year’s McMinn County Youth Government Day luncheon that recognizes outstanding students…
April 25, 2017
Source: UT College of LawFormer Tennessee Supreme Court Access to Justice Chairman, UT College of Law alumnus and Memphis attorney George T. "Buck" Lewis, III of Baker Donelson,…
April 20, 2017
State Supreme Court Justices and judges from across the South have gathered in Nashville this week for the National Center for State Courts' Juvenile Justice Reform Summit (MacArthur Summit). Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Jeffrey Bivins welcomed the group.
The summit focuses on juvenile…