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Get the latest legal news in Tennessee on the vacancy on the Tennessee Supreme Court. Plus, meet the newest member of the Court of Criminal Appeals and the new attorney general.

Chief Justice Barker to retire in September

Chief Justice William M. Barker will retire on September 1 after 25 years of judicial service. Barker, 66, is a native of Chattanooga. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Chattanooga and his law degree from the University of Cincinnati School of Law. Following graduation from law school, he entered the United States Army, serving for two years as a captain in the Medical Service Corps.

Judge Crawford dies, Judge Hayes retires

Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge W. Frank Crawford, 81, lost his battle with lung cancer on April 17. Judge Crawford, who continued working until two weeks before his death, was appointed to the Western Section Court of Appeals in 1982. During his 26 years on the bench, he ruled on many important cases. In 2001, he was part of a three-judge panel that ruled unanimously that no public vote was needed to spend taxpayers’ money to build the FedExForum in Memphis. In 1996, Judge Crawford wrote the majority opinion that citizens have a fundamental right to privacy when the panel ruled that a Tennessee law making homosexual acts a crime was unconstitutional.

Court of Criminal Appeals Judge David G. Hayes will retire from the bench June 30 to become one of Tennessee’s senior judges. Hayes, 64, who recently moved to Camden, was appointed to the Court of Criminal Appeals in April 1994 and was elected to the unexpired term that same year. He was re-elected to an eight-year term in 1998 and again in 2006.