Press Releases

October 21, 2015

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has appointed Jill Bartee Ayers of Clarksville as Circuit Court Judge for Division IV of the 19th Judicial District, a position created by the Tennessee General Assembly earlier this year. 

The 19th Judicial District serves Montgomery and Robertson counties…



October 21, 2015

The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled today that a void judgment may be challenged at any time, but a trial court need not grant relief from a void judgment if exceptional circumstances exist. 

A void judgment is one that never had any legal meaning or authority. Exceptional circumstances…



October 20, 2015

The Supreme Court has set aside the decision of a Hamilton County trial court that had ruled a state law putting a cap on certain personal injury damages to be unconstitutional.

The case is a negligence lawsuit by Donald and Beverly Clark against several divisions of AT&T and one of…