Tennessee Court of Appeals

Tennessee Court of Appeals
Established	1925 (1925)
Location	Knoxville, Nashville, and Jackson
Composition method	Executive selection plus Non-partisan retention see Tennessee Plan
Authorized by	Tennessee General Assembly
Appeals to	Tennessee Supreme Court
Number of positions	12 – panels of 3 justices
Website	Official website

The Tennessee Court of Appeals (in case citation, Tenn. Ct. App.) was created in 1925 by the Tennessee General Assembly as an intermediate appellate court to hear appeals in civil cases from the Tennessee state trial courts. Appeals of judgments made by the Court of Appeals may be made to the Tennessee Supreme Court.

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 2024 are:

Section	Judge	Joined	Law school
Western	Kenny Armstrong	2014	Duke
Middle	Andy D. Bennett	2007	Vanderbilt
Middle	Frank G. Clement, Jr.	2003	Nashville
Eastern	Kristi M. Davis	2014	Tennessee
Eastern	Thomas R. Frierson, II	2013	Tennessee
Western	Arnold B. Goldin	2002	Memphis
Middle	W. Neal McBrayer	2013	William & Mary
Eastern	John Westley McClarty	2009	Southern
Western	Carma Dennis McGee	2014	Memphis
Western	J. Steven Stafford	2008	Samford
Eastern	D. Michael Swiney	1999	Tennessee
Middle	Jeffrey Usman	2022	Vanderbilt

See also

• Courts of Tennessee

External links

• Homepage of the Tennessee Court of Appeals
• Description of the Court from the Tennessee Blue Book