2025 Election Information

This page was updated on Feb. 21, 2025, to reflect the results of a contested election for TBA vice president. It was updated again on March 24, 2025, to reflect the appointment of members to the TBA Board of Governors.

In accordance with Section 42(a) of the TBA Bylaws, TBA Executive Director Sheree Wright has certified that the following members have been elected to the office named for the 2025-2026 bar year. They will take office at the TBA Convention in June.

Officers

President (One-Year Term)
• Heidi Barcus 

President-Elect (One-Year Term)
• Charlotte Knight Griffin (One-Year Term)

Vice President (One-Year Term)
• John Farringer, Nashville

Secretary (One-Year Term)
• To be appointed by the president

Treasurer (One-Year Term)
• To be appointed by the president

TBA Board of Governors

No contest existed for these offices as of the filing deadline. The TBA Board of Governors has declared them automatically elected.

Governor, First District (Three-Year Term)
• Aaron Chapman, Morristown

Grand Division Governor, Middle Tennessee (One-Year Term)
• Sean Aiello, Franklin

Grand Division Governor, Middle Tennessee (One-Year Term)
• Rachel Moses, Cookeville

Grand Division Governor, West Tennessee (One-Year Term)
• Joe Kirkland, Memphis

Grand Division Governor, West Tennessee (One-Year Term)
• Cheryl Patterson, Memphis

Grand Division Governor, East Tennessee (One-Year Term)
• David McDowell, Chattanooga

TBA Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates, Position 1
• Sherie Edwards, Nashville

At its January 2025 meeting, the TBA Board of Governors declared that a vacancy existed in the following positions. In accordance with Article 47 of the TBA Bylaws, the Board of Governors filled the vacancies at its next meeting:

Governor, Fourth District (Three-Year Term)
• Henry "Hank" D. Fincher

Grand Division Governor, East Tennessee (One-Year Term)
• Kelly Street, Knoxville

TBA Young Lawyer Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates, Position 3
• Alexandra "Alix" Rogers, Nashville

TBA House of Delegates

No contest existed for these offices as of the filing deadline. The TBA House of Delegates has declared them automatically elected. They will take office after the meeting of the House of Delegates on June 11, 2025:

• First District: Elizabeth Hutton
• Third District: Aaron Chapman
• Fourth District: Eve Charlesworth
• Fifth District: Steve Ogle
• Sixth District: Timothy Housholder and Dale Pearson
• Tenth District: Marcia McMurray
• Eleventh District: Justin Faith and Arnold Stulce
• Twelfth District: Thomas Austin
• Thirteenth District: Jane Powers
• Fourteenth District: John LaBar
• Sixteenth District: Ewing Sellers
• Seventeenth District: Zach Jones
• Nineteenth District: Stanley Ross
• Twentieth District: Jamie Durrett and Darlene Marsh
• Twenty-First District: Shauna Billingsley (Speaker)
• Twenty-Fifth District: Kasey Culbreath
• Twenty-Sixth District: Jonathan Steen
• Twenty-Seventh District: Paul Hutcherson
• Twenty-Eighth District: Randy Camp
• Twenty-Ninth District: Karen Burns
• Thirtieth District: Walt Schuler and Randy Womack
• Young Lawyer Delegate East: Mary Frances DeVoe (pending approval by YLD Executive Committee March 6)
• Young Lawyer Delegate Middle: Lorne Hiller (pending approval by YLD Executive Committee March 6)
• Young Lawyer Delegate West: Dale Hutcherson (pending approval by YLD Executive Committee March 6)

Vacancies

Those interested in being considered for any of these vacancies should email TBA Executive Director Sheree Wright at barED@tnbar.org by March 3.

House of Delegates

No candidate filed a declaration of candidacy for the following districts.  Therefore, the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Secretary are charged with filling any district vacancy which may be created when no candidate qualifies for district delegates.

• Second District (Sullivan County)
• Seventh District (Anderson County)
• Eighth District (Campbell, Claiborne, Fentress, Scott, Union counties)
• Ninth District (Loudon, Meigs, Morgan, Roane counties)
• Fifteenth District (Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson counties)
• Eighteenth District (Sumner County)
• Twenty-Second District (Giles, Lawrence, Maury, Wayne counties)
• Twenty-Third District (Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Stewart counties)
• Twenty-Fourth District (Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Hardin, Henry counties)
• Thirty-First District (Van Buren, Warren counties)