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February 6, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court has issued an order that will require electronic submission of all interpreter invoices as well as compensation claims for attorneys representing indigent clients.The Order changes several existing Supreme Court rules effective July 1, 2013, and requires that “all claims…
February 5, 2013
In an effort to reach more people in need of information about legal services, the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission has formed a faith-based initiative to engage lawyers within their place of worship.The Tennessee Faith and Justice Alliance (TFJA) is a program developed by the…
February 5, 2013
The University of the South will welcome three justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court to campus this week. Justices Cornelia A. Clark, Janice M. Holder and Sharon G. Lee will be in Sewanee Thursday and Friday to meet with students and the campus community and participate in a panel discussion.…
February 5, 2013
Judge Suzanne Bailey, Hamilton County’s longest presiding Juvenile Court Judge since the Court was established in 1945, has announced her retirement from the bench effective April 30th.Judge Bailey, a native of Columbia, Tenn., is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee…
February 1, 2013
Justice Janice Holder participated in a Pro Bono and Public Service Conference for law students on January 25-26 at Belmont University College of Law. Faculty, staff and students from all six Tennessee law schools were invited to the Conference to discuss and plan for increasing pro bono…
January 31, 2013
After more than 25 years behind the clerk’s desk at the Nashville Appellate Court Clerk’s office, Janice Rawls is retiring at the end of March.“Janice has been a very hard working and loyal employee. She has been a fixture in the Clerk's Office for many years and has been most efficient in…
January 29, 2013
The Honorable Charles D. Susano, Jr., of Knoxville, has been elected by his peers to be Presiding Judge of the Tennessee Court of Appeals succeeding the Honorable Herschel P. Franks of Chattanooga, who retired at the end of 2012.With Susano’s election, the three Tennessee appellate courts – the…
January 28, 2013
Marcy Eason, a member of the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission, has been awarded the Ralph H. Kelly Humanitarian Award by the Chattanooga Bar Association.The award is given to that member of the legal profession or judicial officer who in the opinion of the Board of Governors…
January 28, 2013
The Judicial Nominating Commission is now accepting applications for the Circuit Court vacancy in the 17th Judicial District. The vacancy will be created by the retirement of Judge Robert Crigler on May 31, 2013.The 17th Judicial District serves Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall and Moore Counties.…
January 28, 2013
Fifty years and one day after receiving his license to practice law in Tennessee, Shelby County Probate Court Judge Robert Benham will mark the date with another milestone: retirement.Judge Benham was appointed to the bench by the Shelby County Commission in 1997 and re-elected in 1998 and 2006.…
January 25, 2013
Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey has appointed David A. Golden of Hawkins County to the Judicial Nominating Commission. Mr. Golden will fill the vacancy left by the retirement of commission member Theresa Lee.Golden is Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary for Eastman Chemical…
January 24, 2013
Circuit Court Judge Robert Crigler of the 17th Judicial District has announced his retirement, effective May 31.Judge Crigler was appointed to the bench in 2005 and elected in 2006. Prior to that, he served for 16 years as a prosecutor in the district, which serves Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall and…
January 24, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court has held that advocates for convicted serial killer Paul Dennis Reid may not continue appealing his convictions in state court against his wishes, despite claims he is not competent to abandon his appeals.In 1997, Mr. Reid committed three armed robberies in Nashville and…
January 23, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that a prosecutor did not abuse his discretion in denying pretrial diversion to a man accused of 16 counts of animal cruelty for intentionally or knowingly failing to provide necessary food and care to horses on his Warren County farm.In July 2009, the Tennessee…
January 23, 2013
The Judicial Nominating Commission meeting originally scheduled for Friday, January 18 in Tazewell, TN has been rescheduled for Thursday, February 7 at Woodlake Lodge in Tazewell. The public hearing will begin at 1 pm., followed by interviews of the six candidates for the Chancery Court…
January 23, 2013
Tennessee Supreme Chief Justice Gary R. Wade and Justice Sharon G. Lee marked the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend at events in East Tennessee.Chief Justice Wade was the keynote speaker at a Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration Monday in Sevierville. His reflections on King’s impact were…
January 22, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled today that an employee of a temporary agency who is injured on the job, but not returned to work by the temporary agency at a wage equal to or greater than the pre-injury wage, may obtain workers’ compensation benefits up to six times the medical impairment rating…
January 17, 2013
The Judicial Nominating Commission meeting scheduled for Friday, January 18 in Tazewell, TN to interview candidates for the Chancery Court vacancy in the 8th Judicial District, which serves Campbell, Claiborne, Fentress, Scott and Union counties has been CANCELED due to inclement weather and will…
January 17, 2013
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that where contracting parties have agreed to allow assignment of a contract with the consent of the non-assigning party, and the agreement is silent regarding the anticipated standard of conduct in withholding consent, an implied covenant of good faith and fair…
January 16, 2013
In Joshua Cooper v. Logistics Insight Corp., the Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed two prior rulings in which it held that an employer’s subrogation right against an employee’s recovery from a third party in a negligence case does not include the amount of future medical benefits to be provided to…