News
October 23, 2003
Mike Catalano, associate solicitor general in the Office of the State Attorney General, has been appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court as Appellate Court Clerk effective Jan. 1.Catalano, 49, has been with the Office of Attorney General since 1980. He will succeed Cecil Crowson, who is retiring…
October 29, 2003
New officers have been elected to represent the state's 207 court clerks. Officers of the Tennessee Conference of Court Clerks were chosen by the membership during a Chattanooga meeting of the County Officials Association of Tennessee. Clerks in all 95 counties are responsible for maintaining court…
November 12, 2003
Attorneys wanting to succeed Circuit Court Judge Robert A. Lanier in Shelby County, the state’s 30th Judicial District, have until Jan. 26 to submit their applications, Cornelia Clark, administrative director of the courts, said Wednesday. Lanier is retiring effective Dec. 31 after a judicial…
November 17, 2003
While most Tennessee judges are enjoying a day away from work on Saturday, Nov. 22, Chancellor Thomas (Skip) Frierson is opening his Morristown courtroom doors. In honor of National Adoption Day, Frierson will be at the Hamblen County Courthouse at 10 a.m. to finalize the adoptions of children.“If…
November 19, 2003
For at least part of the day on Monday, Nov. 24, there will be none of the usual opposing sides, arguments and adversarial proceedings in Chancellor Arnold Goldin’s Shelby County courtroom. In honor of National Adoption Month, at 9:30 a.m. the chancellor will finalize adoptions of at least five…
November 21, 2003
Chancellor Howell N. Peoples of Ooltewah has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate court judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should be retained in office or removed.Peoples, who serves the 11th…
November 21, 2003
Criminal Court Judge J.C. McLin of Memphis has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate court judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should be retained in office or removed.McLin, of the 30th Judicial…
November 21, 2003
Chancellor Carol L. McCoy of Nashville has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate court judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should be retained in office or removed.McCoy, of the 20th Judicial District…
November 21, 2003
Henrietta Grant of Knoxville has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should retain their judicial offices or be removed.Grant, manager of community relations at…
November 21, 2003
Attorney John A. Day of Nashville has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should be retained in judicial office or removed.Day, appointed by Lt. Gov. John Wilder…
November 21, 2003
Chancellor Telford E. Forgety, Jr., of New Market has been appointed to the commission responsible for evaluating state appellate judges, including members of the Tennessee Supreme Court, and recommending to voters whether they should be retained in office or removed.Forgety, who serves the 4th and…
November 21, 2003
Circuit Court Judge Ross H. Hicks of the 19th Judicial District, including Montgomery and Robertson counties, has completed an intensive four-day Judicial Academy conducted Nov. 17-20 by the state Administrative Office of the Courts.Hicks was among 14 trial and general sessions judges from across…
November 21, 2003
Circuit Court Judge Larry B. Stanley of the 31st Judicial District, including Van Buren and Warren counties, has completed an intensive four-day Judicial Academy conducted Nov. 17-20 by the state Administrative Office of the Courts.Stanley, who also serves as chancellor in the district, was among…
November 21, 2003
Circuit Court Judge George Sexton of the 23rd Judicial District, including Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys and Stewart counties, has completed an intensive four-day Judicial Academy conducted Nov. 17-20 by the state Administrative Office of the Courts.Sexton, of Dover, was among 14 trial and…
November 21, 2003
General Sessions Judge James Hunter of Sumner County has completed an intensive four-day Judicial Academy conducted Nov. 17-20 by the state Administrative Office of the Courts.Hunter was among 14 trial and general sessions judges from across the state who attended the academy in Nashville. He was…
November 21, 2003
Chancellor James Butler of the 26th Judicial District, including Madison, Henderson and Chester counties, has completed an intensive four-day Judicial Academy conducted Nov. 17-20 by the state Administrative Office of the Courts.Butler, of Jackson, was among 14 trial and general sessions judges…
November 21, 2003
The four judges most recently appointed to the bench in Davidson County have completed an intensive four-day Judicial Academy conducted Nov. 17-20 by the state Administrative Office of the Courts.Chancellors Claudia Bonnyman and Richard Dinkins and Criminal Court Judges Monte Watkins and Mark…
November 21, 2003
Chancellor Arnold Goldin and General Sessions Judges Phyllis Gardner and Gwen Rooks, all of Shelby County, have completed an intensive four-day Judicial Academy conducted Nov. 17-20 by the state Administrative Office of the Courts.Goldin, Gardner and Rooks were among 14 trial and general sessions…
November 24, 2003
Criminal Court Judge Robert E. Cupp of the 1st Judicial District, including Carter, Johnson, Unicoi and Washington counties, was recipient of a State Justice Institute (SJI) scholarship to attend a five-day course dealing with punishment.“Psychology and Practice of Punishment,” sponsored by the…
November 25, 2003
Governor Phil Bredesen today announced that Nashville attorney David "Randy" Kennedy will fill a position in the 20th Judicial District, Division VII Circuit Court. The position was vacated by Judge Frank Clement, Jr., last month when he was appointed by Bredesen to the Tennessee Court of Appeals,…