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This list includes Judges of the Tennessee Superior Court (1796–1809) and Judges of the Tennessee Court of Errors and Appeals (1810-1835). [1] These high courts were created before the 1835 Tennessee constitution, which established the Supreme Court and made the Judiciary an independent branch of government.
Ann Pugh (1976): [59] First female judge in Shelby County, Tennessee; Camille McMullen: [12] First female from Shelby County to serve as an intermediate appellate court judge; Nancy B. Sorak: [60] First female elected as a judge in Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee. She was also the first female Public Defender for the City Court.
Due to the unpredictability of such circumstances, deaths of judges in active service are more likely to lead to judicial appointment controversies (where one party resists the confirmation of a judge appointed by a president of the other party); such deaths occasionally change the structure of the court itself, as legislators may seek to avoid changing the balance of a particular court by ...
He was a judge of the Shelby County Criminal Court in Tennessee from 1969 to 1970, and was then president of LeMoyne–Owen College from 1970 to 1974, also appearing as a commentator on WREC-TV (CBS) from 1972 to 1974. He was the director of Community Health Services, Mid-South Medical Center Council in Memphis from 1974 to 1976.
Judge Joined Law school Western Kenny Armstrong 2014 Duke: Middle Andy D. Bennett 2007 Vanderbilt: Middle Frank G. Clement, Jr. 2003 Nashville: Eastern Kristi M. Davis 2014 Tennessee: Eastern Thomas R. Frierson, II 2013 Tennessee Western Arnold B. Goldin 2002 Memphis: Middle W. Neal McBrayer 2013 William & Mary: Eastern John Westley McClarty ...
Cities in the district include Jackson, Brownsville, Bolivar, and Whiteville. The district has been represented by Johnny Shaw, since 2001. [1] Tennessee's 80th State
In December 1840, Levi Joy was president of the Bolivar Female Academy; Mrs. R. C. Berry was hired as its principal, with Mrs. Frances Attwood as her assistant. [3] Rev. L. Jansen was the principal of the Bolivar Female Academy in 1852. [4] During the Civil War, the town of Bolivar was under military law from 1862 to May 1864.
Penny J. White (born May 3, 1956) is an American attorney and former judge who served as a judge on Tennessee's First Judicial Circuit, a judge for the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, and a justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court. [1] she was the second woman to serve on the Tennessee Supreme Court.