TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 25, 2024

Two seats currently held by Memphis-based judges would be moved out of Tennessee's largest county and placed elsewhere in the state under a bill advancing in the state House, the Tennessee Journal reports. The measure would move the circuit court seat held by state Supreme Court designee Mary Wagner to the East Tennessee district composed of Cocke, Grainger, Jefferson and Sevier counties, while the criminal court seat held by Melissa Boyd would go to Montgomery and Robertson counties. Learn more in an amendment to HB2002/SB2517 that passed the House Civil Justice Subcommittee last week.