Six Jackson attorneys have applied to fill a vacant Chancery Court seat in the 26th Judicial District, including Madison, Chester and Henderson counties. Applicants hoping to succeed Chancellor Joe Morris, who died April 27, are Linda Warren Seely, Nathan B. Pride, Michael B. McWherter, James F. Butler, Kristy Michelle Booth and Jacques Baer "Buddy" Glassman.
The 17-member Judicial Selection Commission will meet at 9:30 a.m. June 6 at the Garden Plaza Hotel in Jackson to conduct a public hearing and interview the six candidates for the judicial position. The commission will submit three names to Gov. Phil Bredesen, who will appoint a chancellor. The position will then be on the ballot in 2004, the next biennial August election, to fill out the remainder of the full eight-year term ending in 2006.
Senior Judge Allen Wallace of New Johnsonville and retired Circuit Court Judge John Murchison of Jackson are hearing Chancery Court cases until a new judge is appointed.