TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Dec 12, 2019

The Supreme Court today appointed three new members to serve on the Access to Justice Commission. Amber D. Floyd, Professor Joy Radice and Monty Burks, Ph.D will begin their terms on April 1. Floyd is the senior assistant city attorney in Memphis and has worked with the ATJ Commission in the past to develop expungement clinics across the state. Radice is an Associate Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs at the University of Tennessee College of Law and facilitated the first multi-county expungement clinic in the 10th Judicial District in 2018. Burks is the Director of Faith-Based Initiatives for the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. The new appointees will replace Gail Ashworth, Ann Pruitt, and Sharon Ryan, whose second three-year terms expire on March 31.