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September 24, 2015
The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear two civil cases, two Board of Professional Responsibility cases and one death penalty case when it sits for oral arguments in Nashville October 1.State v. Howard Hawk Willis –This death penalty case comes to the Supreme Court on a direct appeal. The Supreme…
September 23, 2015
Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Holly Kirby spoke to students at St. Mary's Episcopal School in Memphis last week as part of their Constitution Day celebration. The students sang the Preamble of the Constitution Song from Schoolhouse Rock. Constitution Day is celebrated September 17th and…
September 22, 2015
The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in three criminal cases in front of more than a thousand Middle Tennessee high school and college students when it brings court to Cumberland University in Lebanon September 30.The program is called SCALES – Supreme Court Advancing Legal…
September 21, 2015
The Tennessee Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission has released its annual report showing that attorneys in Tennessee have increased the number of hours of free and reduced-rate legal services they are providing to those in need.The report shows that the number of hours of pro bono service…
September 18, 2015
The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that claims against the City of Clarksville did not fall under any exceptions to the legal deadlines for filing a lawsuit and have dismissed the complaint against the City.On Christmas Eve in 2009, a tree on State of Tennessee property fell on Richard Moreno’s…
September 18, 2015
More than 200 court clerks offices across the state participated in the first Purple Out Day Friday, September 18th by wearing purple to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s and related dementias as well as raise funds to support the work of Alzheimer’s Tennessee.
Pictured here are the appellate…
September 18, 2015
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today appointed Tom Greenholtz of Ooltewah as Criminal Court Judge for the 11th Judicial District, which serves Hamilton County.Greenholtz, 42, replaces Judge Rebecca Stern, who retired June 1 this year.Greenholtz is a shareholder with the law firm Chambliss, Bahner…
September 16, 2015
The Tennessee Supreme Court has an aggressive agenda for the next year with the goals of improving the service the judiciary provides to attorneys and adapting to better meet the needs of litigants.Chief Justice Sharon Lee outlined plans for the next year while speaking at the Knoxville Bar…
September 11, 2015
More than 200 court clerks offices across the state will participate in the first Purple Out Day Friday, September 18th as they wear purple to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s and related dementias as well as raise funds to support the work of Alzheimer’s Tennessee.
Alzheimer’s disease and…
September 10, 2015
The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty for the man who kidnapped, sexually abused, and murdered a woman in west Tennessee in 2010.Rickey Alvis Bell, Jr. appealed his conviction and sentence after a trial court found him guilty of especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated sexual…
September 9, 2015
The Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments is now accepting applications for the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Gary R. Wade’s retirement September 8.Any interested applicant must be a licensed attorney who is at least 35 years of age, a resident of the state for five years, and a…
September 8, 2015
The Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments will consider three applicants when it meets September 25 in Harriman to select nominees for the impending criminal court vacancy in the 9th Judicial District, which serves Loudon, Meigs, Morgan, and Roane counties.The impending vacancy has been…
September 3, 2015
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today appointed James R. Newsom III of Memphis as Chancellor in the 30th Judicial District, which serves Shelby County.Newsom replaces Oscar C. “Bo” Carr III, who died earlier this year.Newsom, 61, has been a member of the Memphis law firm Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh,…
September 2, 2015
The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in six cases over two days in Knoxville next week.State v. William Whitlow Davis, Jr. –Knoxville attorney William Whitlow Davis, Jr. pled guilty to driving under the influence in Knox County, but reserved for appellate court review the question…
September 1, 2015
The Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments has extended the deadline for applications for the Criminal Court judge vacancy in the 9th Judicial District – Loudon, Meigs, Morgan, and Roane counties. The impending vacancy has been created by Judge E. Eugene Eblen’s announcement that he is…
August 27, 2015
Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge Andy D. Bennett was honored by the Belmont University College of Law American Inn of Court for his work as a mentor to students.First year Belmont Law School students are required to enter into a mentoring arrangement. Judge Bennett was assigned two mentees. They…
August 26, 2015
A plaintiff does not have the right to a jury trial for a claim filed in circuit court under the Tennessee Public Protection Act (TPPA), according to a Tennessee Supreme Court opinion filed today. The Court also determined that the Governmental Tort Liability Act does not apply to retaliatory…
August 25, 2015
From WJHL:
Governor Haslam was in downtown Jonesborough Friday to swear in James Edwin Lauderback as the Circuit Court Judge of the First Judicial District.
“It is a great honor to appoint him and it makes…
August 21, 2015
The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a job applicant does not have a claim against a prospective employer when the employer fails to hire the person because she previously filed a workers’ compensation claim.Beginning in 1998, Kighwaunda Yardley worked as a housekeeping aide at the University…
August 21, 2015
Justice Sharon Lee will continue to serve as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. The members of the Court unanimously re-elected her to a one-year term. Chief Justice Lee has been a member of the Tennessee Supreme Court since 2008 and Chief Justice since September of last year.During the…