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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 12, 2022

The Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments will consider five candidates when it meets to select nominees for an upcoming vacancy on the Tennessee Supreme Court. Justice Sharon G. Lee plans to retire on Aug. 31, 2023. The applicants are: Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge Kristi M. Davis, Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Tom Greenholtz, First Judicial District Chancellor John C. Rambo, Chattanooga lawyer Michael Richardson with the Richardson Law Firm, and Knoxville lawyer Dwight E. Tarwater with Paine | Tarwater | Bickers. The council will hold a public meeting to consider the candidates on Jan. 4, 2023, beginning at 9 a.m. EST at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy in Knoxville. The council is expected to vote to forward three names to Gov. Bill Lee immediately following the interviews.