(a) Any former supreme court justice, judge of an intermediate appellate court or judge of a state court of record who has at least eight (8) years of creditable service as a state justice or judge may request to be designated as a senior justice or judge.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 17-2-302

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Requests for senior designation shall be filed with the administrative director of the courts and shall be accompanied by:

(1) Evidence that the justice or judge does not suffer from a permanent physical or mental disability that would substantially interfere with the performance of the justice’s or judge’s duties;
(2) A written agreement that the justice or judge will not engage in the practice of law while serving as a senior justice or judge;
(3) A written agreement that the justice or judge will be available to perform judicial duties for at least an aggregate period of thirty (30) weeks out of each successive twelve-month period;
(4) A written agreement that the justice or judge will continue to file the disclosure statements required by title 8, chapter 50, part 5 during the justice’s or judge’s tenure as a senior justice or judge;
(5) A written agreement that the justice or judge will abide by the code of judicial conduct; and
(6) A duly executed oath of office, taken in the manner prescribed in § 17-1-104, stating:

“I, ______________, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Tennessee, and that I will administer justice without respect of persons and impartially discharge to the best of my ability all the duties of the office of senior justice (or judge) of the state of Tennessee on which I am about to enter.”

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