Incoming Senior Judge Paul Summers will be sworn in Monday, December 31 in Nashville.
Supreme Court Justice Cornelia A. Clark will administer the oath at 9:30 a.m. at the Supreme Court building, 401 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville.
Summers most recently was a partner in the Nashville law firm of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis. Prior to that, Summers served as Attorney General for the State of Tennessee and was a judge on the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.
“I am excited about serving again in the judiciary,” Summers said.
The Supreme Court appointed Summers to a four-year term.