Knoxville, Tennessee, September 4, 2026
-- Elliott Schuchardt, a former
candidate for the Tennessee General Assembly, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court
to require Tennessee to use a neutral judge in attorney ethics cases.
According to Schuchardt’s petition, Tennessee allows state attorneys to select their own judge in cases involving lawyers’ licenses. Tennessee is the only state in the United States that does not use a neutral judge in these cases.
Knoxville, Tennessee, June 2, 2026 -- Elliott Schuchardt, a candidate for the Tennessee
General Assembly, is seeking an injunction against a Tennessee state employee
for allegedly filing intentionally-false statements in court.
Schuchardt is running for Tennessee House
District 18, in Knox County.
Schuchardt has filed a lawsuit against Sandra Garrett, the chief lawyer at the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility. The case is filed in federal court in Nashville.
Elliott Schuchardt is calling for stricter rules on deaths in Tennessee’s jails.
On January 30, 2026, a 14-year-old child died while in custody in the Blount County jail. Schuchardt says that the child’s death indicates a larger problem in the state.
In Tennessee, the inmate death rate has doubled in the past twenty years. During that time, the inmate population has remained roughly the same.