May 12, 2026
Nashville, Tenn. – On May 28, 2026, the Tennessee Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for its May docket in Nashville, Tennessee. Oral arguments will be heard at the Tennessee Supreme Court building in Nashville and livestreamed to the TNCourts YouTube page (https://www.youtube.com/@TNCourts)…
April 29, 2026
Nashville, Tenn. - On April 22, 2024, the Tennessee Supreme Court announced that the NextGen Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) would replace the legacy UBE beginning with the July 2027 administration of the bar exam. Some jurisdictions will begin administering the NextGen UBE in July 2026, while others…
April 29, 2026
Nashville, Tenn. - On May 6, 2026, the Tennessee Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for its May docket in Knoxville, Tennessee. Oral arguments will be heard at the Tennessee Supreme Court building in Knoxville and livestreamed to the TNCourts YouTube page (https://www.youtube.com/@TNCourts)…
April 14, 2026
Nashville, Tenn. - Today the Tennessee Supreme Court upheld the decision of a Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility hearing panel to disbar a Knox County attorney.Beginning in 2019, the Board received several complaints about attorney Elliott J. Schuchardt, alleging several instances of…
April 13, 2026
Nashville, Tenn. - Today, the Tennessee Supreme Court issued an opinion in State of Tennessee v. Ronald Matthew Lacy, affirming Lacy’s conviction for theft of property over $60,000. In 2015, Lacy, a luxury car broker in Kentucky, persuaded Christopher Dyer, the owner of a car dealership in…
April 6, 2026
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Supreme Court and the Administrative Office of the Courts are warning Tennesseans about a text and email phishing scam that references an outstanding parking violation/toll violation and appears to be from the Tennessee Supreme Court.The message includes a link and…
April 2, 2026
Nashville, Tenn. - The Tennessee Supreme Court has named nine members to the new Office of the Appointed Counsel Commission (OACC). Created under Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 56. The Commission and its Executive Director are tasked with ensuring effective legal representation by appointed private…
April 1, 2026
Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for its April docket at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Oral arguments will be heard at the Harvey Auditorium in the Barefoot Student Union Building and will also be accessible by livestream: https://www.youtube.com/…
February 25, 2026
In an opinion released today, the Tennessee Supreme Court held that a Grundy County resolution regulating the location of quarries is effectively a zoning ordinance that was enacted in violation of Tennessee’s County Zoning Act (“CZA”). The CZA requires counties to follow certain procedural…
January 28, 2026
On February 12, 2026, the Tennessee Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for its February docket in Nashville, Tennessee. Oral arguments will be heard at the Tennessee Supreme Court building in Nashville and livestreamed to the TNCourts YouTube page (https://www.youtube.com/@TNCourts).…