Seven judicial system boards and commissions have new and reappointed members with terms effective January 1. The Supreme Court appointed members to fill expiring positions and also added two members to the expanded Board of Law Examiners.
New Board of Law Examiners members are attorneys Robert E. Cooper, Jr. of Nashville, Jimmy Carpenter Miller of Kingsport and Ricky E. Wilkins of Memphis, who succeeded Prince Chambliss of Memphis. Justice E. Riley Anderson serves as court liaison to the five-member board. The terms of other members have not expired.
The 12-member Board of Professional Responsibility has one new member and four who were reappointed by the court. Attorney W. Ferber Tracy of Chattanooga was appointed to succeed attorney Richard Fisher, whose term ended. Reappointed members are attorneys Johanna J. McGlothin of Knoxville; Charles Carpenter of Memphis; Rep. Kim McMillan of Clarksville; and Dr. Melvin Wright of Jackson. Other members’ terms expire at the end of this year or in 2003. Justice Adolpho A. Birch, Jr., serves as court liaison for the Board of Professional Responsibility.
Five members were reappointed to the Advisory Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure and the court made one new appointment. Attorneys Rose P. Cantrell of Nashville; David High of Nashville; Gail Mathes of Memphis and Sarah Sheppeard of Knoxville; and William L. Gibbons of Memphis were reappointed. Assistant District Attorney General Bates W. Bryan, Jr., of Chattanooga was appointed to a first term on the commission. Justice William Barker serves as the court’s liaison to the commission.
The Tennessee Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection has two new members and one who was reappointed by the Supreme Court. Attorneys Teresa McCaig Marshall of Paris and Jack M. Vaughn of Kingsport were appointed to succeed Larry S. Banks and E. Lynn Dougherty. John T. McDaniel of Chattanooga was reappointed for a two-year term. The court’s liaison is Justice Anderson.
The Judicial Performance Program Committee has three new members. The court appointed Chancellor W. Frank Brown, III, of Chattanooga and attorneys Pamela L. Reeves of Knoxville and Mary Joe Price of Nashville to two-year terms. They succeed outgoing members Julia Howard, Natasha Metcalf and Judge Marie Williams. Justice Anderson is the court’s liaison to the committee.
DeCosta Jenkins of Nashville and attorneys Ann Rowland of Knoxville, Roger W. Dickson of Chattanooga and Paul E. Prather of Memphis were appointed to the Commission on Continuing Legal Education. Rowland was reappointed, while Jenkins, Dickson and Prather succeeded Elizabeth Owen, Derek Renfroe and Patricia Best Vital, whose terms expired. Jenkins is one of two non-attorney members of the commission. Justice Anderson serves as the court’s liaison to the commission.
The court also appointed new members to the Commission on Alternative Dispute Resolution. The appointees include Judges Robert E. Lee Davies of the 21st Judicial District and James F. Russell of the 30th Judicial District and attorneys Rosemarie L. Bryan of Chattanooga, Stephen E. Cox of Nashville, Gayden Drew, IV, of Jackson, Hayden D. Lait of Memphis and Howard H. Vogel of Knoxville. They succeed Judges George H. Brown, Jr. of Shelby County and Marietta M. Shipley of Davidson County, attorneys R. Larry Brown, Kimbrough B. Mullins, Robert R. Campbell and Shelby R. Grubbs and lay member Bettye D. Daugherty. Members J. Wallace Harvill of Centerville, D. Bruce Shine of Chattanooga and Dorothy J. Pounders of Memphis were reappointed. Justice Janice Holder is the Supreme Court liaison to the ADR commission.