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Chief Justice Lee recently spoke at the unveiling of the Tennessee Women's Suffrage Monument.

Speaker Beth Harwell and Chief Justice Lee

Chief Justice Lee with Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle, Counsel to the Governor Dwight Tarwater, and AOC Director Debi Tate at the event announcing the creation of a docket dedicted to complex business cases in 2015.

The Supreme Court was recently awarded the Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Award for the Advancement of Civics Education from the National Center for State Courts.

Chief Justice Lee Shares Accomplishments of Supreme Court with Chief Justices

August 30, 2016

Chief Justice Sharon Lee recently presented the Tennessee Supreme Court’s initiatives to Chief Justices from supreme courts across the country at the National Conference of Chief Justices during their annual meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The gathering in late July was a joint conference with…

Statue honors Tennessee Justice Adolpho Birch

August 29, 2016

From The Tennessean

An 8-foot-tall bronze statue of former Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Adolpho A. Birch Jr. was unveiled Saturday…

Ceremony Honoring Chief Justice Birch with Statue Planned at Nashville Courthouse Saturday

August 25, 2016

The 10-year anniversary committee of the Justice A.A. Birch Building will dedicate a statue of Chief Justice A. A. Birch, Jr. a state Supreme Court judge, who served 37 years as a judicial stalwart, at 5 p.m. on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 408 2nd Ave N, Nashville, 37201.

A celebration…