Judges
The Court has twelve judges who sit on three-judge panels in Jackson, Knoxville, and Nashville. Judges are chosen via the Tennessee Plan: they are elected every eight years, and must be evaluated prior to the election in order to keep voters informed. If a vacancy occurs between election cycles (for example, if a judge dies or retires), the 17-member Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission interviews applicants and recommends three candidates to the governor. The governor then appoints a new judge to serve in the interim period until the next August general election.
The twelve judges sitting on the Court as of May 2011 are:
- Andy D. Bennett – Middle Division
- Frank G. Clement – Middle Division
- Patricia J. Cottrell – Middle Division
- Richard H. Dinkins – Middle Division
- David R. Farmer – Western Division
- Herschel P. Franks – Eastern Division
- Alan E. Highers – Western Division
- Holly M. Kirby – Western Division
- John Westley McClarty – Eastern Division
- J. Steven Stafford – Western Division
- Charles D. Susano – Eastern Division
- D. Michael Swiney – Eastern Division
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