TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 20, 2025

The TBA filed a comment with the Tennessee Supreme Court today on the court’s proposed new rule 20B “Public Access to Appellate Court Filings and Privacy Protection.” The comment supports the court’s goal of making appellate filings more freely accessible to the public, but raises concerns that the rule as drafted would result in adverse consequences to litigants, attorneys and the courts. The court solicited comments on amendments to the Rules of Appellate Procedure and the Rules of Criminal Procedure in August. Read the full TBA comment.