Newly appointed Criminal Court Judge Tom Greenholtz launched a campaign today to keep his seat, The Chattanoogan reports. He filled the Division II seat following the retirement of Judge Rebecca Stern. Retired Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Mickey Barker will serve as Campaign Chair for Greenholtz.

Two legal clinics will be held next week in Nashville. Volunteers from Baker Donelson will offer civil legal advice with no appointment necessary at a walk-in clinic on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m., 300 Deaderick St. Then on Oct. 17, volunteers will offer free legal advice at the Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) Legal Advice Clinic at MNPS EL Office, 616 Fessey Park Circle. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. Questions about these events can be directed to Lucinda Smith.

The Chattanooga Bar Association YLD Clinic is scheduled for Oct. 17, 9 a.m. at the Brainerd Recreation Center, 1010 North Moore Road. The event is sponsored by the Chattanooga Bar and Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET). Also in Chattanooga, the The Health Empowerment Clinic, sponsored by LAET, is scheduled for Oct. 20, 3 p.m. at Chattanooga CARES, 1000 East 3rd St., Suite 300. Appointments are required. Contact Charlie McDaniel for more information on these events.

The Raybin-Perky Hotlist reviews and offers predictions in four new cases for which the Tennessee Supreme Court has recently granted review. One civil case involves application of collateral estoppel in a lawsuit following a criminal conviction on the same conduct. The three criminal cases involve community caretaking, sexual exploitation of a minor and warrantless searches of residences. You  can make your own predictions  on current Tennessee Supreme Court cases playing the TBA's new Supreme Court Fantasy Challenge game. 

Former state assistant district attorney Laural Hemenway, who worked for the 16th Judicial District, filed a discrimination suit Tuesday against her former boss, district attorney Jennings Jones, Nashville Scene reports. Hemenway filed the suit after she claimed work-related stress caused her health to decline and Jones failed to accommodate her under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Hemenway was dismissed from her position following a verbal altercation with 16th Distirct Judge Keith Siskin.

Attorney and city councilman Jim Strickland is the new mayor of Memphis with 42 percent of the vote over three-term incumbent A C Wharton’s 22 percent, The Commercial Appeal reports. "Today the people of Memphis spoke loudly and clearly. You want a new direction for this city," Strickland said. The win for Strickland is the first time a council member will serve as mayor of the city since 1972.

Chattanooga is “the most logical place for consolidating the Volkswagen litigation because it is the only location in the country where VW vehicles are being produced,” according to attorney Gary Patrick. The Chattnoogan reports that Patrick’s firm - Patrick, Beard, Schulman and Jacoway – filed one of the first actions in federal court in Chattanooga following VW’s admission to cheating in order to pass emissions tests.

The Chattanoogan reports that General Sessions Court Judge Gary Starnes and his daughter, Christina Starnes Evans, have been sued on grounds of malicious prosecution by her former boyfriend, Matthew Cunningham. Starnes Evans was indicted last month on charges of filing a false report and aggravated perjury after she had Cunningham arrested on claims that he harmed her young son.

Northwestern University School of Law will cancel its accelerated JD program due to a lack of popularity, Above the Law reports. Dean Daniel B. Rodriguez said changes in the American Bar Association regulations that limit the school’s ability to enroll GMAT test-takers also influenced the decision. “I am certain that in another era, under differing economic circumstances, and under a more flexible regulatory climate, this program would have flourished,” Rodriguez said.

New bipartisan legislation introduced in Congress Thursday is attempting once again to allow broadcast and video coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal appeals courts, Legal Times reports. "How is it possible that we can keep up with the Kardashians, but we cannot keep up with the Supreme Court?" Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, said. The “Eyes on the Courts Act 2015” would allow the chief justice of the United States and chief judges of the appeals courts to close particular proceedings to cameras if broadcast would "violate the due process rights of a party to the proceeding or is otherwise not in the interests of justice."

The Senate Judiciary Study Committee Calendar for Oct. 19, 10 a.m., includes Criminal Justice Reform, Prosecutorial Discretion (Senate Bill 37) and Militarization of Law Enforcement (Senate Bill 887). View the calendar.