The state Judicial Selection Commission will meet at 9 a.m. Jan. 11 at the Holiday Inn (Exit 4) in Clarksville to conduct a public hearing and interview five attorneys applying for a Circuit Court vacancy in the 19th Judicial District, including Montgomery and Robertson counties.
Oral and written public comments concerning the applicants will be accepted by the commission. Applicants also will be invited to speak at the meeting. The five applicants are Clarksville attorneys Dan Brollier, Mark Rassas, Robert Bateman, Ross Hicks and Kenneth Goble, Jr.
The 17-member commission will submit three applicants’ names to Gov. Don Sundquist, who will appoint a successor to Judge James E. Walton. Judge Walton died Nov. 13 after 17 years on the bench. The governor’s appointee will serve until August 2002 when voters will elect a judge to fill the unexpired term, which ends in 2006.