TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 29, 2022

Judicial swearing in ceremonies are taking place across the state this month as new judges take office. On Friday, Nashville lawyer I’Ashea Myles was sworn in as the first Black female chancellor in Tennessee. U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Bernice Donald and Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge David Dinkins were on hand for the ceremony. In Jacksboro this week, TBA President Tasha Blakney introduced her former colleague Zack Walden to the court and presented him with a commemorative gavel. The ceremony took place at the Campbell County Courthouse. Walden, who worked with Blakney at Eldridge & Blakney in Knoxville, was recently elected Eighth Judicial District Criminal Court judge. He is also a member of the TBA Young Lawyers Division Board and current Mock Trial chair. See more photos. On Wednesday, Davidson County General Sessions judges will be sworn in at 2 p.m. CDT in Courtroom 1A of the Justice A.A. Birch Building, 408 Second Ave., N. in downtown Nashville. The TBA is collecting photographs of local swearing in ceremonies. Please send your submissions to tbatoday@tnbar.org.