TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 29, 2022

The Tennessee Supreme Court has received six applications for the state's attorney general and reporter position. The applicants are: Donald Q. Cochran Jr., Jerome Cochran, David Michael Dunavant, R. Culver Schmid, Jonathan Thomas Skrmetti and William Edwin "Bill" Young. Interviews will be held on Aug. 8 and 9 at the Nashville Supreme Court Building and will be livestreamed on the court’s YouTube page. The court said it will announce further details on the interview process early next week. Under the state constitution, the attorney general is appointed by the state Supreme Court and serves an eight-year term. The term for the new attorney general will begin Sept. 1. Learn more about the candidates on the court’s website.