Gov. Bill Lee has appointed a Hamilton County area judge to serve on the Court of Criminal Appeals for the Eastern Division, according to a news release from the governor’s office.
Judge Tom Greenholtz, a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga graduate and adjunct professor of 20 years, currently serves as a Criminal Court judge for the 11th Judicial District.
The release states he earned his law degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law and spent 13 years in private practice. He was also a law clerk for Tennessee Supreme Court Justice William M. Barker from 1999-2002.
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“I am very humbled to have been asked by Gov. Lee to serve our state on the Court of Criminal Appeals,” Greenholtz said in a statement to the Times Free Press. “The possibility of working with the outstanding judges of that court, as well as to be of service to the people of Tennessee as a whole, is both humbling and exciting. I am very much looking forward to meeting with the members of our General Assembly as they consider the governor’s nominees for these important positions.”
In addition to Greenholtz, Lee appointed Judge Kyle Hixson to the Court of Criminal Appeals in the Eastern District and professor Jeffrey Usman to the Middle Division’s Court of Appeals.
“Each of these qualified Tennesseans will bring valuable experience to their respective roles,” Lee said in the release. “I am confident they will serve our state with the highest integrity, and I look forward to their service.”
– Compiled by Tierra Hayes