The Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments met Friday to consider three applicants for the impending criminal court vacancy in the 9thJudicial District, which serves Loudon, Meigs, Morgan, and Roane counties. The seat will become vacant Dec. 31, when Judge E. Eugene Eblen retires.
The nominees are:
Walter B. Johnson, II
Lenoir City
Porsche Lyn Shantz
Lenoir City
Jeffery H. Wicks
Rockwood
The council has forwarded the names to Governor Bill Haslam for his consideration. Any person appointed to serve as judge will do so through August of 2016. An election will be held Aug. 4, 2016, to determine who will serve the remaining six years of the eight-year judicial term. Any person appointed to the position may join the race.
Information on the nominees can be found at TNCourts.gov.