New applications from Middle and West Tennessee will be accepted through March 16 for a vacant position on the Tennessee Supreme Court, Judicial Selection Commission Chairman Dale Tuttle said Wednesday.
“The commission unanimously decided in a meeting today to reopen the application process in compliance with the Tennessee Supreme Court decision in Bredesen v. Judicial Selection Commission,” Tuttle said. “We basically had two options - use the applications we already received to present the governor with three names or reopen the process. We decided to accept new applications, but also to include those who already applied for this position, except the two who are barred from consideration by the Supreme Court decision.”
The commission agreed that those who previously applied do not have to submit new applications, but should notify the Administrative Office of the Courts if they wish to withdraw.
The commission will meet April 13 in Nashville to conduct a public hearing and private interviews with applicants. The time and location of the meeting will be announced.
Those who previously applied are Circuit Court Judge D'Army Bailey of Memphis; Court of Appeals Judge Frank G. Clement, Jr., of Nashville; David O. Day of Baxter; Criminal Court Judge Steve R. Dozier of Nashville; John T. Fowlkes of Memphis; Sean Antone Hunt of Germantown; Court of Appeals Judge William Koch of Nashville; Andrei Ellen Lee of Nashville; Circuit Court Judge C. Creed McGinley of Savannah; Court of Criminal Appeals Judge J.C. McLin of Memphis; Russell Taylor Perkins of Whites Creek; Nathan B. Pride of Jackson; Stephanie R. Reevers of Antioch; Lillie Ann Sells of Cookeville; and Steven R. Walker of Memphis.