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# Timothy W. Conner

Tennessee Workers' Compensation Appeals Board · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Tennessee Workers' Compensation Appeals Board
- State: Tennessee
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-06-30

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- Teaching: Since 2017, he has been an adjunct professor at Lincoln Memorial University’s Duncan School of Law, teaching Legal Writing and Workers’ Compensation Law

### Education


### Additional information

- The presiding judge of the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, a role he has held since January 2020 after serving on the Board since 2014
- Judge, Tennessee Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Knoxville, 2014-present
- Judicial Service: Appointed to the Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Appeals Board in August 2014; became Presiding Judge in January 2020
- He also taught at the University of Tennessee College of Law from 2013–2019
- Legal Practice: Before joining the judiciary, Conner practiced law for 22 years in Knoxville and Chattanooga
- focusing on workers’ compensation defense, wills and estates, and general liability defense
- Judge Conner is a member of the National Association of Workers’ Compensation Judiciary, the Tennessee and Knoxville Bar Associations, the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers, and the Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### media coverage and recording

Scope: statewide

Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 30 allows media coverage of public judicial proceedings subject to the presiding judge's control and requires written media requests at least two business days before the proceeding unless waived.

Evidence excerpt: Requests by representatives of the media for such coverage must be made in writing to the presiding judge not less than two (2) business days before the proceeding is scheduled to begin.

[Rule 30: Media Guidelines](https://www.tncourts.gov/courts/supreme-court/rules/supreme-court-rules/rule-30-media-guidelines)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### recording restrictions

Scope: statewide

Tennessee Rule 30 prohibits media coverage of jury selection, jurors, closed proceedings, and certain minor or juvenile-court participants.

Evidence excerpt: Media coverage of jury selection is prohibited.

[Rule 30: Media Guidelines](https://www.tncourts.gov/courts/supreme-court/rules/supreme-court-rules/rule-30-media-guidelines)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### remote technology

Scope: statewide

Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 55 permits teleconferencing, video conferencing, or other technology for court proceedings at the discretion of the trial or appellate court.

Evidence excerpt: The use of teleconferencing, video conferencing or other technology to conduct court proceedings or other court business remotely is permissible at the discretion of the trial or appellate court.

[Rule 55: Use of Technology for Court Proceedings](https://www.tncourts.gov/courts/supreme-court/rules/supreme-court-rules/rule-55-use-technology-court-proceedings)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9709/timothy-w-conner/)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9709/timothy-w-conner/)
- [Tennessee Workers' Compensation Appeals Board current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9709/timothy-w-conner/)
- [Rule 30: Media Guidelines](https://www.tncourts.gov/courts/supreme-court/rules/supreme-court-rules/rule-30-media-guidelines)
- [Rule 55: Use of Technology for Court Proceedings](https://www.tncourts.gov/courts/supreme-court/rules/supreme-court-rules/rule-55-use-technology-court-proceedings)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9709/timothy-w-conner/)

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