TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 20, 2023

Joseph Byrd has joined the Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts as the lead attorney for the newly created Indigent Services Team. In his new role, Byrd will manage the team that oversees the indigent representation program, which provides court-appointed attorneys in certain types of legal cases. He most recently was an assistant attorney general in the civil law division at the state attorney general’s office. He previously was disciplinary counsel for the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility and attorney for Bradley County. In private practice, he served as a court-appointed defense counsel in criminal and post-conviction cases and as a guardian ad litem in dependency, neglect and abuse cases. Read more from the AOC.