TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 13, 2020

Circuit Court Judge Joe Binkley Jr., presiding judge of the 20th Judicial District, signed an order yesterday suspending jury trials in the district’s circuit and chancery courts through the end of the year. However, judges and chancellors will continue to be available to hear any case where the parties and their attorneys agree to hold the proceeding as a non-jury trial. Jury trials in the criminal courts are currently suspended through the end of August. Binkley reports that criminal court judges in the district are still considering what their policy will be for scheduling jury trials for the rest of 2020. The Tennessean has more on the story.