Effective July 1, 2026, lawyers will have to comply with new redaction rules for filings in Tennessee’s appellate courts. Join appellate practitioners Jacob Vanzin, Ben Raybin, and William Gill as they explore the new Tennessee Rule of Appellate Procedure 20B, and how it will significantly change the process of writing and filing briefs for the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals and Supreme Court.

One hour of general CLE credit is available for a $50 processing fee. Contact jword@tnbar.org with questions regarding CLE.

Presenter Bios

BEN RAYBIN practices primarily in the areas of criminal defense, civil rights, general civil litigation, appeals, and clemency. He has briefed and argued cases before the Tennessee Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, and the Tennessee Court of Appeals. Raybin has presented at numerous continuing education programs for attorneys. He currently serves as First Vice President of the Nashville Bar Association and on the hearing committee for the Board of Professional Responsibility. He has previously served on the Board of Directors for the Tennessee Association for Criminal Defense Attorneys and the Nashville Temple. 

JACOB VANZIN is an attorney at Dodson Parker Behm & Capparella. Vanzin has broad experience representing clients in all manner of cases, and now focuses his practice primarily on commercial litigation, real estate disputes and appeals. Prior to joining Dodson Parker, he spent almost a decade in private practice as an attorney in Franklin where he litigated cases both large and small, with amounts in dispute ranging from a few thousand dollars to over forty million dollars. He also was the principal author of the winning brief for two major appeals: Stange v. Roberts, M2019-01060-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Apr. 9, 2020) and Walker v. Walker, M2018-01140-COA-R9-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Jan. 31, 2020).

WILLIAM GILL handles criminal appeals in the Appellate Division of the Tennessee Public Defenders Conference. Previously, he served as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the Lincoln Memorial University School of Law. In addition, he spent over a decade working as a Volunteer Attorney for Catholic Charities of East Tennessee’s Office of Immigrant Services. He earned his J.D. from Emory University and completed judicial clerkships in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia and the Tennessee Supreme Court.