NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Gov. Bill Haslam has named the members of an 11-person council to recommend candidates to fill judicial vacancies in Tennessee.
Among the group is Jackson attorney Brad Box.
Brad Box is an equity member of Rainey Kizer law firm. Box was installed in the fall of 2013 as the President of the Tennessee Defense Lawyer Association (“TDLA”). TDLA is the state arm of the Defense Research Institute (“DRI”).
In 2013 Brad Box was selected by Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam to serve on the Governor’s Commission for Judicial Appointments. The Commission conducts hearings of applicants for vacancies in Tennessee Judicial positions, including the Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.
Box also serves on the Department of Labor Judicial Interviewing Committee. He is a fellow of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (“FDCC”).
Haslam created the new judicial nominating council through an executive order.
Republicans in the Legislature had allowed a previous version of the panel to expire before voters in November ratified a constitutional amendment to keep in place the state’s current judicial selection system in which the governor fills vacancies on appeals courts and justices and judges then stand for yes-no retention votes.
The members of the panel are Lang Wiseman, George Brown and Randy Noel of Memphis; Bradford Box of Jackson; Michelle Long and Bill Young of Nashville; Michael Spitzer of Hohenwald; Cheryl Rice and R. Culver Schmid of Knoxville; Rosemarie Hill of Chattanooga; and David Golden of Kingsport.
