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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 12, 2021

The Judicial Conference of the United States has authorized the appointment of a full-time magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. Duties of the position include overseeing most preliminary proceedings in criminal cases; disposition of misdemeanor cases; various pretrial matters and evidentiary proceedings; and trial and disposition of civil cases with the consent of litigants. Applicants should have five years of experience, be younger than 70 years old and not be related to a judge of the district court. Application forms are on the court’s website. A Merit Selection Panel will review all applicants and recommend five to the district judges, who will then select the finalist. Tennessee lawyers serving on the panel are: Chair Wayne Ritchie, Vice Chair Maha Ayesh, Dwight Tarwater, Karmen Waters and Melanie Wilson. Community members are James Fowler and Tanya Ickowitz. For more information and instructions for applying view this announcement.