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# Vanessa Agee Jackson

Tennessee Senior Judges · Senior Judge

## Profile

- Court: Tennessee Senior Judges
- State: Tennessee
- Role: Senior Judge
- Service status: senior
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

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

## Biography

### Professional career

- After retiring from the Fourteenth Circuit Court in 2022, Jackson was appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court in August 2023 as the first female Senior Judge in the state.
- Vanessa Agee Jackson held the role of a Circuit Court Judge for the Fourteenth Judicial District in Coffee County, Tennessee, from 2009 until her retirement in 2022
- Retired Tennessee circuit court judge now serving as the first female Senior Judge in the Tennessee judicial system

### Education

- Both her B.A. (1976) and J.D. (1978) from the University of Tennessee

### Additional information

- Year Elected/Appointed: 2023
- She was elected in 2010 and re‐elected in 2014
- Appointed by then-Governor Phil Bredesen on April 21, 2009, to replace the late Judge John W. Rollins.
- First woman appointed as a Senior Judge in Tennessee

## 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.tncourts.gov/courts/circuit-criminal-chancery-courts/judges/vanessa-agee-jackson-retired-june-2022)
- [Official roster](https://www.tncourts.gov/courts/circuit-criminal-chancery-courts/judges/vanessa-agee-jackson-retired-june-2022)
- [Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://www.tncourts.gov/courts/circuit-criminal-chancery-courts/judges/vanessa-agee-jackson-retired-june-2022)
- [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)
- [Supreme Court Appoints Retired Judge Vanessa Jackson ...](https://tncourts.gov/press/2023/08/29/supreme-court-appoints-retired-judge-vanessa-jackson-senior-judge)
- [Vanessa Agee Jackson](https://www.tncourts.gov/courts/circuit-criminal-chancery-courts/judges/vanessa-agee-jackson-retired-june-2022)

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