Judge Russell was appointed Judge, Division 2, in 1998 and elected in 2006.

Education:
Rhodes College, (B.A. 1967);
Memphis State University Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law (J.D. 1970)

• State of Tennessee Judicial Ethics Committee
• State of Tennessee Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission

• Tennessee Judicial Conference (Chair, ADR Committee)
• Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court (Program Chair)

• American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Memphis Bar Association (President 1992), Young Lawyers of Memphis (President 1976), Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association, Atlanta Claims Association, National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
• International Association of Defense Counsel

• Apperson, Crump, Duzane & Maxwell (Partner 1985-1997)
• Price, Vance & Criss; Russell & Warlick; Russell, Price, Weatherford,
Warlick, Vance & Criss, P.C. (1978-1985)
• Stanton, Russell & Challen (Partner 1974-1978) Nelson, Norvell, Wilson, McRea, Ivy & Sevier (Associated 1971-1974) Burch, Porter & Johnson (Law Clerk, 1968-1970)
• General Sessions Court Clerk’s Office (Deputy Clerk, Summer 1968)

• Received Memphis Bar Association’s Charles A. Rond Outstanding Judge of the Year Award in 2000

• Married - Linda Hatcher Russell
• Children - Mary Helen, Myles Edward and Maggie Abele
• Attends St. John’s Episcopal Church

• St.John’s Episcopal Church
  (Vestry member and Past Junior and Senior Warden)
• The Diocese of West Tennessee
  Vice-Chancellor
  Standing Committee on Constitution and Canons (Chair)
  Deputy to The General Convention of The Episcopal Church

Judge Ridder was appointed Judge, Division 4, in April 2009.

Education:
B.A., summa cum laude, James Madison University (1977);
J.D., Wake Forest University (1982).

• Memphis Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Memphis Association for Women Attorneys
• Tennessee Judicial Conference
• Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court

• Assistant Professor of Law, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, University of Memphis
• Assistant Dean for Academic Programs, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law,
University of Memphis
• Inaugural Director Tennessee Pre-Professional Program in Law
  (now Tennessee Institute for Pre-Law)
• Private Practice

• National Kidney Foundation of West Tennessee Frank Braden Volunteer Service Award for 2009
• University of Tennessee and the University of Memphis Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Tennessee Pre-Professional Programs in Law, Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine

Judge Robilio was elected Judge, Division 5, in 1990 and reelected in 2006.

Education:
B.A., cum laude, Memphis State University; J.D., Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Memphis State University.

• Memphis Bar Association
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Memphis Association for Women Attorneys (President 2005-2006)
• TN Lawyers Association for Women (President 2002-2003)
• TN Board of Governors while serving as TLAW President
• Tennessee Judicial Conference

• City Court Judge Division I
• City Prosecutor
• Private Practice Attorney

• 2005 recipient of the Jefferson Award for "Outstanding Volunteerism
• 2003 recipient of the AWA Marion Griffin/Francis Loring Award in recognition of outstanding achievements in and for the legal profession
• Honored in 1999, as one of 50 Women Who Make a Difference by Memphis Women Magazine
• Named by The University of Memphis Department of Arts and Sciences as its Outstanding Graduate
• Honored in 1993, as recipient of The White Rose Award as "A Woman of Excellence" from the March of Dimes.

Judge Stokes was appointed Judge, Division 6, in April 2005.

Education:
B.A., Memphis State University
J.D., Southern University.

• National Bar Association, Ben F. Jones Chapter
• Memphis Bar Association

• Member of the SCALES project

• Memphis Area Legal Services
• Assistant District Attorney
• Private practice: Stokes, Wilson and Wright
       Walter L. Bailey and D'Army Bailey
• Served as a Divorce Referee

• Member of Metropolitan Baptist Church

Judge Fields was appointed Judge, Division 7, in March of 2004 and elected in 2006.

Education: University of Tennessee B.S. in 1970  and Memphis State University J.D. Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law in 1975.

• Chair of the Domestice Violence State Coordinating Council; Memphis Lawyers' Help Lawyers', Inc; Chair of the Civil Pattern Jury Instruction Committee for the Tennessee Judicial Conference since 1991; Tn. Lawyers' Assistance Program (TLAP)
• Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Lawyers Assistance Programs (CoLAP), which provides help for legal professionals and law school students with addiction, mental health and other issues that affect their ability to practice law
• Memphis Bar Association

• Attorney; Past President of the Tennessee Judicial Conference; Former President of the Tennessee Trial Judges' Association
• Special Judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court Workers' Compensation Panel

• Received Memphis Bar Association's Charles A. Rond Outstanding Judge of the Year award in 1986, 1999 and 2006.
• Awarded Judge of the Year by the Shelby County (TN) Deputy Sheriff's Association in 1990.
• Received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Memphis in 2002.
• Received the Judge Jane Wheatcraft Award from the Tennessee Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence in 2001 for outstanding service in combating domestic violence.
• Recipient of the Paul Harris Fellow Award from the Memphis Rotary Club in 2007.