TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Feb 2, 2023

Gov. Bill Lee today appointed Knoxville attorney Dwight E. Tarwater to the Tennessee Supreme Court. Tarwater, a partner at Paine, Tarwater, Bickers LLP, has more than 40 years of legal experience, including decades of trial and appellate practice and service as chief legal counsel to former Gov. Bill Haslam. Lee said Tarwater’s “understanding of the judiciary’s appropriate role and commitment to the conservative principles of judicial restraint make him well-suited for the state’s highest court, and I am proud to appoint him to this position.” Tarwater is a graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law. He is nominated to fill the vacancy that will be created when Justice Sharon Lee retires on Aug. 31. Read the announcement. The nomination is subject to legislative confirmation, according to the Nashville Post.