TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 17, 2026

TBA’s new executive officers and new Board of Governors members took office last Friday at the Annual Convention in Knoxville. Officers for the upcoming bar year are: President Charlotte Knight Griffin of Eads, President-Elect John Farringer of Nashville, Vice President Mary Beth Maddox of Knoxville, Secretary Terica Smith of Jackson and Treasurer Jennifer Noe of Ashland City. Knoxville lawyer Heidi Barcus wrapped up her year in office and moved into the immediate past president role.

New Board of Governors members also took office. They are: Treasurer Jennifer Noe, East Tennessee Governor John Jolley, West Tennessee Governors Kent Francis and Geoffrey Lewis, 5th District Governor Jerice Glanton (Position 1), 7th District Governor Joshua Dougan, House of Delegates Speaker Deb House, Young Lawyers Division President Jennifer Sneed-Perry, Young Lawyers Division President-elect Darius Walker Jr., Tennessee Judicial Conference President Chancellor Tony Childress, District Public Defenders Conference President John Nicoll, Tennessee Alliance of Black Lawyers (TABL) Invited Representative David Fletcher, and Associate General Counsel Stacie Caraway. Finally, new leaders took office in the TBA House of Delegates. They are Speaker Deb House, Deputy Speaker Steve Conley and Secretary Stanley Ross.