TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 23, 2023

The state trial court judges and chancellors of the 20th Judicial District have appointed attorney J. Bart Pickett as the district’s next state trial court administrator. Pickett will replace Tim Townsend, who is retiring after more than 12 years in the role, and many years of service before that as finance director and deputy director of the Administrative Office of the Courts. Pickett earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law and began his career as a law clerk for two of the district’s judges. He then practiced law for nearly 13 years, largely in the area of insurance defense. Read the court's release.