Ethical Implications of Tennessee’s Judicial Selection Process

Nashville Lawyers Chapter

Speakers:

• Bill Farmer, Member and Past Chairman, Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission and Partner, Farmer & Luna, PLLC
• Prof. Brian Fitzpatrick, Vanderbilt College of Law
• Stacey Garrett, founding member of Bone McAllester Norton PLLC; member, Tennessee Human Rights Commission; and Governor's Judicial Redistricting Study Committee
• Drew Johnson, President, Tennessee Center for Policy Research and plaintiff in Federal suit challenging "The Tennessee Plan"
• Allan Ramsaur, Exec. Dir., Tenn. Bar Association (Moderator)

Speakers:

• Bill Farmer, Member and Past Chairman, Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission and Partner, Farmer & Luna, PLLC
• Prof. Brian Fitzpatrick, Vanderbilt College of Law
• Stacey Garrett, founding member of Bone McAllester Norton PLLC; member, Tennessee Human Rights Commission; and Governor's Judicial Redistricting Study Committee
• Drew Johnson, President, Tennessee Center for Policy Research and plaintiff in Federal suit challenging "The Tennessee Plan"
• Allan Ramsaur, Exec. Dir., Tenn. Bar Association (Moderator)

Tennessee's Judicial Selection Process (known as "The Tennessee Plan") is sun-setting in July of 2008, and the Tennessee General Assembly will be debating which process is the best means of selecting members of the intermediate appellate courts and the Supreme Court. Whether direct election of judges or merit selection with retention elections or the Federal model for selecting judges, any selection process raises issues of ethics. Is the current process consistent with the Tennessee Constitution? Which process of selecting judges is most consistent with the ethical ideals of our legal system? This forum will provide a variety of perspectives on the issue and help those in the legal community weigh the advantages and disadvantages of the various alternatives.

Co-sponsor: Tennessee Bar Association 

The cost is $25 per person, and a buffet lunch will be provided.

Attendees will earn one hour of dual professionalism/ethics CLE credit (pending approval).

To RSVP, please email [email protected].