Trisha Shetty (Editor)

Tennessee Court of Appeals

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Phone
  
+1 901-685-1270

Established
  
1925

Decisions are appealed to
  
Tennessee Supreme Court

Country
  
Tennessee, United States

Location
  
Knoxville, Nashville, and Jackson

Composition method
  
Executive selection plus Non-partisan retention see Tennessee Plan

Authorized by
  
Tennessee General Assembly

No. of positions
  
12 - panels of 3 justices

Address
  
5050 Poplar Ave # 1403, Memphis, TN 38157, USA

The Tennessee Court of Appeals was created in 1925 by the Tennessee General Assembly as an intermediate appellate court to hear appeals in civil cases from the Tennessee state trial courts.

(Appeals from criminal cases are heard by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.) Appeals of judgments made by the Court of Appeals may be made to the Tennessee Supreme Court.

Judges

The Court has twelve judges who sit on three-judge panels in Jackson, Knoxville, and Nashville. Judges are chosen via the Tennessee Plan: they are elected every eight years, and must be evaluated prior to the election in order to keep voters informed. If a vacancy occurs between election cycles (for example, if a judge dies or retires), the 17-member Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission interviews applicants and recommends three candidates to the governor. The governor then appoints a new judge to serve in the interim period until the next August general election.

The twelve judges sitting on the Court as of May 2015 are:

  • Kenny Armstrong - Western Section
  • Andy D. Bennett - Middle Section
  • Frank G. Clement, Jr. - Middle Section
  • Richard H. Dinkins - Middle Section
  • Thomas R. Frierson, II - Eastern Section
  • Brandon O. Gibson - Western Section
  • Arnold B. Goldin - Western Section
  • W. Neal McBrayer - Middle Section
  • John Westley McClarty - Eastern Section
  • J. Steven Stafford - Western Section
  • Charles D. Susano, Jr. - Eastern Section
  • D. Michael Swiney - Eastern Section
  • References

    Tennessee Court of Appeals Wikipedia