TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 12, 2020

The Tennessee Bar Association Executive Committee voted Monday to assist the Kingsport Bar Association in asking U.S. Senators Lamar Alexander and Marsha Blackburn and Congressmen Phil Roe and Tim Burchett to support extending federal authorization for a U.S. bankruptcy judge in the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville. Judge Marcia Parsons has served in that post for 27 years, however, she recently announced plans to retire on Sept. 27. The Kingsport Bar Association has been told that upon her retirement, the judgeship will expire, and all bankruptcy cases in the easternmost counties of Tennessee will be shifted to the docket in Knoxville. The TBA agrees with the Kingsport Bar Association that loss of the Greeneville judgeship will cause expense, inconvenience, and delay for both creditors and those seeking bankruptcy relief in Eastern Tennessee.