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Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Mar 4, 2016

Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey named the first five appointees to the newly created Trial Court Vacancy Commission, which will screen candidates and send three finalists to Gov. Bill Haslam for appointment. The appointees are: Gilbert McCarter II, a Murfreesboro attorney; David Golden, chief legal officer and senior vice president of Eastman Chemical Company; J. Bartlett Quinn, a Chattanooga attorney; Jesse Cannon Jr., an internist in Tipton County; and Beverly Nelms, a partner in Knoxville's Frantz, McConnell & Seymour. Speaker of the House Beth Harwell joined Ramsey to appoint Nashville lawyer Tom Lawless to serve as chair of the commission. Harwell, R-Nashville, will appoint the remaining five members of the commission, the Nashville Post reports.