TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jul 16, 2025

The Trial Court Vacancy Commission recently met in Memphis to consider candidates for a circuit court and criminal court vacancy in the 30th Judicial District. After conducting public interviews and a hearing, the commission selected three nominees for the circuit court to forward to Gov. Bill Lee for consideration. They are William Christopher Frulla, C. Scott Jones and Mitzi H. Pollard. Learn more about the candidates by reviewing their applications on the Administrative Office of the Court's website. For the criminal court vacancy, the commission reports that though four candidates originally applied for the position, one applicant withdrew before the hearing. After a public hearing, the commission did not vote to send all three applicants to the governor, thus in accordance with state law, the governor may fill the vacancy with any qualified individual.