How To Find Information About Tennessee's Trial Judges
Understanding the Limitations of the Information Found in This Book
About the Editor - John A. Day
Tennessee - First Judicial District (Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, and Washington Counties)
Haylee Bradley-Maples, Judge
Keith Bowers Jr., Judge
Suzanne Cook, Judge
Sharon Green, Judge
Janet Hardin, Judge
James Edwin Lauderback, Judge
Robert Lincoln, Judge
R. Mitchell Manuel, Judge
John C. Rambo, Chancellor
Lisa Nidiffer Rice, Judge
David R. Shults, Judge
Stacy L. Street, Judge
Perry L. Stout, Judge (Service Ended June 30, 2023)
Tennessee - Second Judicial District (Sullivan County)
James F. Goodwin, Judge
Randy M. Kennedy, Judge
John S. McLellan, III, Judge
Katie Priester, Chancellor
William (Bill) K. Rogers, Judge
Mark Toohey, Judge
E. G. Moody, Chancellor (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Third Judicial District (Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, and Hawkins Counties)
Kenneth N. Bailey, Jr., Judge
Beth Boniface, Judge
Daniel G. Boyd, Judge
John F. Dugger, Judge
Douglas T. Jenkins, Chancellor
Alex E. Pearson, Judge
William E. Phillips, II, Judge
Floyd W. Rhea, Judge
Mark Strange, Judge
Janice Hope Snider, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Fourth Judicial District (Cocke, Grainger, Jefferson, and Sevier Counties)
James L. Gass, Judge
Carter Scott Moore, Judge
Rex Henry Ogle, Judge
Jeffrey D. Rader, Judge
James H. Ripley, Chancellor
Dennis Roach, II, Judge
O. Duane Slone, Judge
Dwight E. Stokes, Judge
Steven Lane Wolfenbarger, Judge
Brad L. Davidson, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Fifth Judicial District (Blount County)
David R. Duggan, Judge
Kenlyn Foster, Judge
Tammy M. Harrington, Judge
Robert Lowell Headrick, Judge
Jim Ripley, Chancellor
Telford E. Forgety, Chancellor (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Sixth Judicial District (Knox County)
William T. Ailor, Judge
Richard Armstrong, Chancellor
Scott Green, Judge
Christopher D. Heagerty, Chancellor
Timothy E. Irwin, Judge
Gregory S. McMillan, Judge
Jerome Melson, Judge
Hector Sanchez, Judge
Deborah C. Stevens, Judge
Steven Wayne Sword, Judge
John F. Weaver, Chancellor
Kyle Hixson, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Clarence E. Pridemore, Jr., Chancellor (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Seventh Judicial District (Anderson County)
Jamie Brooks, Chancellor
Brian J. Hunt, Judge
Ryan M. Spitzer, Judge
Joseph H. Van Hook, Judge
Sal. W. Varsalona, Judge
M. Nichole Cantrell, Chancellor (Service Ended April 18, 2023)
Tennessee - Eighth Judicial District (Campbell, Claiborne, Fentress, Scott, and Union Counties)
Elizabeth C. Asbury, Chancellor
M. Todd Burnett, Judge
Daryl A. Colson, Judge
Scarlett Wynne Ellis, Judge
Robert M. Estep, Judge
John D. McAfee, Judge
Zackery R. Walden, Judge
E. Shayne Sexton, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Ninth Judicial District (Loudon, Meigs, Morgan, and Roane Counties)
Rex Alan Dale, Judge
Michael A. Davis, Judge
Dennis W. Humphrey, Judge
Tom McFarland, Chancellor
Mike Pemberton, Judge
Harry E. Sledge, Magistrate
Terry Stevens, Judge
Casey Mark Stokes, Judge
Jeff Wicks, Judge
Tennessee - Tenth Judicial District (Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, and Polk Counties)
Jerri S. Bryant, Chancellor
Sandra N. C. Donaghy, Judge
Andrew M. Freiberg, Judge
Michael E. Jenne, Judge
W. Riley Richardson, Judge
J. Michael Sharp, Judge
Dwaine “Benjy” Thomas, Judge
Brooklynn M. Townsend, Judge
Tennessee - Eleventh Judicial District (Hamilton County)
Jeffrey M. Atherton, Chancellor
John B. Bennett, Judge
Mike Dumitru, Judge
Amanda B. Dunn, Judge
Pamela A. Fleenor, Chancellor
Kyle E. Hedrick, Judge
Boyd Patterson, Judge
Robert D. Philyaw, Judge
Barry Steelman, Judge
L. Marie Williams, Judge
W. Jeffrey Hollingsworth, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Don W. Poole, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Twelfth Judicial District (Bledsoe, Franklin, Grundy, Marion, Rhea, and Sequatchie Counties)
William R. (Tray) Anderson, III, Judge
Justin C. Angel, Judge
L. Thomas Austin, Judge
R. Jay Blevins, II, Judge
John Cameron, Judge
Jace Cochran, Judge
Bradley Sherman, Judge
Howard L. Upchurch, Judge
Melissa Thomas Willis, Chancellor
Thomas C. Faris, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Thirteenth Judicial District (Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, and White Counties)
Wesley Thomas Bray, Judge
James Reed Brown, Judge
Daryl Colson, Judge
Tiffany G. Gipson, Judge
Caroline E. Knight, Judge
John Meadows, Judge
Gary S. McKenzie, Judge
Steven D. Qualls, Judge
William T. Ridley, Judge
Ronald Thurman, Chancellor
James D. White, Jr., Judge
Amanda Magan Worley, Judge
Sam Benningfield, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Amy V. Hollars, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Jonathan L. Young, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Fourteenth Judicial District (Coffee County)
Bobby Carter, Judge
William A. Lockhart, Judge
Greg B. Perry, Judge
Vanessa Agee Jackson, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Fifteenth Judicial District (Jackson, Macon, Smith, Trousdale, and Wilson Counties)
Brandon Bellar, Judge
Clara W. Byrd, Judge
Michael Wayne Collins, Judge
Tiffany Gentry Gipson, Judge
A. Hensley Hagan, Jr., Judge
Brody N. Kane, Judge
Kenny Linville, Judge
Charles K. Smith, Chancellor
C. Barry Tatum, Judge
Ken Witcher, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Sixteenth Judicial District (Cannon and Rutherford Counties)
Bonita Jo Atwood, Judge
Terry Fann, Judge
Toby Gilley, Judge
Travis Lampley, Judge
Darrell L. Scarlett, Judge
Barry Tidwell, Judge
James A. Turner, Judge
Howard W. Wilson, Chancellor
Royce Taylor, Judge (Retired)
J. Mark Rogers, Judge (Service Ended September 1, 2023)
Tennessee - Seventeenth Judicial District (Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall, and Moore Counties)
M. Wyatt Burk, Judge
Lee Bussart, Judge
James B. Cox, Chancellor
Forest A. Durard, Jr., Judge
Terry Gregory, Judge
N. Andy Myrick, Judge
Charles L. Rich, Judge
Tennessee - Eighteenth Judicial District (Sumner County)
Dee David Gay, Judge
David Howard, Judge
Louis W. Oliver, III, Chancellor
Joe H. Thompson, Judge
Tennessee - Nineteenth Judicial District (Montgomery and Robertson Counties)
Tim Barnes, Judge
Robert T. Bateman, Judge
Ben Dean, Chancellor
Adrienne Fry, Judge
Kenneth R. Goble, Jr., Judge
William R. "Bill" Goodman, Judge
Sharon Massey Grimes, Judge
Kathryn Wall Olita, Judge
Joel Perry, Judge
Joel Wallace, Judge
Laurence M. McMillan, Jr., Chancellor (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Twentieth Judicial District (Davidson County)
Khadija Babb, Judge
Rachel Bell, Judge
Joseph P. Binkley, Jr., Judge
Cheryl A. Blackburn, Judge
David Briley, Judge
Thomas W. Brothers, Judge
Sheila Calloway, Judge
Cynthia Chappell, Judge
Angelita Blackshear Dalton, Judge
Steve R. Dozier, Judge
Andra Hedrick, Judge
Lynne T Ingram, Judge
Stan Kweller, Judge
Anne C. Martin, Chancellor
Amanda J. McClendon, Judge
Patricia Head Moskal, Chancellor
I'Ashea L. Myles, Chancellor
Russell T. Perkins, Chancellor
Phillip R. Robinson, Judge
Jennifer Smith, Judge
Tennessee - Twenty-First Judicial District (Williamson County)
Michael E. Hinson, Judge
Deana C. Hood, Judge
Deanna Bell Johnson, Judge
Katerina V. Moore, Judge
Amy Cook Puckett, Judge
Joseph A. Woodruff, Judge
Sharon Guffee, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Michael Binkley, Judge (Service Ended September 29, 2023)
Tennessee - Twenty-Second Judicial District (Giles, Lawrence, Maury, and Wayne Counties)
David Allen, Judge
J. Lee Bailey, III, Judge
Caleb Bayless, Judge
Douglas K. Chapman, Judge
William “Mike” Harris, Judge
J. Russell Parkes, Judge
Robert “Chip” Richardson, Jr., Judge
James Y. Ross, Sr., Judge
Bobby Sands, Judge
Christopher V. Sockwell, Judge
Tennessee - Twenty-Third Judicial District (Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, and Stewart Counties)
Haylee Bradley-Maples, Judge
G. Andrew Brigham, Judge
Jerred Allen Creasy, Judge
Susan Lockert-Mash, Judge
Phillip A. Maxey, Judge
Markley Preston Runyon, Judge
Anthony L. Sanders, Judge
Larry J. Wallace, Judge
David D. Wolfe, Judge
Michael Meise, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Twenty-Fourth Judicial District (Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Hardin, and Henry Counties)
J. Brent Bradberry, Judge
Paul Allen England, Judge
Bruce Irwin Griffey, Judge
Vicki Hodge Hoover, Chancellor
Michael U. King, Judge
Vicki S. Snyder, Judge
John W. Whitworth, Judge
Daniel L. Smith, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Twenty-Fifth Judicial District (Fayette, Hardeman, Lauderdale, McNairy, and Tipton Counties)
William C. Cole, Chancellor
Kasey Culbreath, Chancellor
W. Boyette Denton, Judge
David L. Douglas, Judge
James P. Gallagher, Judge
Rachel Jackson, Judge
J. Weber McCraw, Judge
Van D. McMahan, Judge
A. Blake Neill, Judge
William A. Peeler, Judge
Martha B. Brasfield, Chancellor (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Twenty-Sixth Judicial District (Chester, Henderson, and Madison Counties)
Donald H. Allen, Judge
Kyle C. Atkins, Judge
Robert Stevie Beal, Judge
Joseph T. Howell, Judge
Christy R. Little, Judge
Steven W. Maroney, Chancellor
Angela R. Scott, Judge
Tennessee - Twenty-Seventh Judicial District (Obion and Weakley Counties)
James H. Bradberry, Judge
W. Michael Maloan, Chancellor
Sam Cary Nailling, Jr., Judge
Jeff Parham, Judge
Tennessee - Twenty-Eighth Judicial District (Crockett, Gibson, and Haywood Counties)
Paul B. Conley, III, Judge
J. Mark Johnson, Judge
Michael Mansfield, Chancellor
Clayburn Peeples, Judge
Jennifer Scott, Judge
Tennessee - Twenty-Ninth Judicial District (Dyer and Lake Counties)
Tony A. Childress, Chancellor
Andrew Cook, Judge
Mark L. Hayes, Judge
Jason L. Hudson, Judge
Tennessee - Thirtieth Judicial District (Shelby County)
Carlyn Addison, Judge
Carolyn Wade Blackett, Judge
Yolanda Kight Brown, Judge
Carol J. Chumney, Judge
Lee V. Coffee, Judge
Chris Craft, Judge
Damita Dandridge, Judge
Jennifer Fitzgerald, Judge
Terre Fratesi, Juvenile Magistrate
Greg Gilbert, Judge
Kathleen N. Gomes, Judge
Gina C. Higgins, Judge
Rhynette N. Hurd, Judge
Melanie Taylor Jefferson, Chancellor
JoeDae L. Jenkins, Chancellor
Christian Johnson, Judge
Felicia Corbin Johnson, Judge
James Jones, Judge
Jim Kyle, Chancellor
Jennifer Johnson Mitchell, Judge
Betty Thomas Moore, Judge
David L. Pool, Judge
Paula Skahan, Judge
Valerie L. Smith, Judge
Tarik B. Sugarmon, Judge
Joe Townsend, Judge
Mary L. Wagner, Judge
Lee Wilson, Judge
Cedrick D. Wooten, Judge
A. Melissa Boyd, Judge (Service Ended May 31, 2023)
J. Robert Carter, Jr., Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
James M. Lammey, Jr., Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Dan Michael, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Gadson William Perry, Chancellor (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
James F. Russell, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Jerry Stokes, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
W. Mark Ward, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Karen D. Webster, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Robert Samuel Weiss, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Glenn Wright, Judge (Service Ended August 31, 2022)
Tennessee - Thirty-First Judicial District (Van Buren and Warren Counties)
Ryan J. Moore, Judge
Larry Bart Stanley, Jr., Judge
Brandon Cox, Judge
Tennessee - Thirty-Second Judicial District (Hickman, Lewis, and Perry Counties)
Michael Hinson, Judge
Katerina V. Moore, Judge
Amy Cook Puckett, Judge
Michael E. Spitzer, Judge and Chancellor
Tennessee - Senior Judges
William B. Acree, Senior Judge
Don R. Ash, Senior Judge
Robert E. Lee Davies, Judge
Roy B. Morgan, Senior Judge (Effective September 1, 2022)
D. Kelly Thomas, Jr., Senior Judge
Tennessee Claims Commission
James Haltom, Commissioner
James A. Hamilton, III, Commissioner
William A. Young, Commissioner
