TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Mar 17, 2025

The Elizabethton City Council voted 6-1 to appoint Teresa Murray Smith to the vacant city judge position. Smith had previously served as a municipal judge in 2020. The Elizabethton Star reports that the judicial post was vacant under the city charter after former Judge Jason Lee Holly, who was reelected as municipal court judge in November, was unable to hold court due to a temporary suspension of his law license on Oct. 28, 2024, by the Tennessee Supreme Court. Smith will serve until the next regular city or county election, at which time voters will elect someone to fill Holly’s unexpired term.