How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Tennessee reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee / Joined 2002 / Active

Arnold B. Goldin

Judge, Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Arnold B. Goldin is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Tennessee, serving since 2002. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2002 · 24 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	Court of Appeals of Tennessee	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Goldin authored 382 published opinions for the court (2010–2024). Most cited: Joshlin Renee Woodruff by and through Dorothy Cockrell v. Armie Walker, M.D. (35 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 7 of these were attributed to Goldin by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2017	Joshlin Renee Woodruff by and through Dorothy Cockrell v. Armie Walker, M.D.	542 S.W.3d 486	35
2015	Dana Jo Stricklin v. Jerone Trent Stricklin	490 S.W.3d 8	33
2018	James Heflin v. Iberiabank Corporation	571 S.W.3d 727	32
2016	Peggy L. Smith, Individually and as Trustee of Peggy L. Smith Trust v. Hi-Speed, Inc.†	536 S.W.3d 458	31
2016	Brenda Osunde v. Delta Medical Center	505 S.W.3d 875	30
2016	Lacy v. Mitchell†	541 S.W.3d 55	28
2015	Cameo Bobo v. City of Jackson, Tennessee	511 S.W.3d 14	24
2015	Gregory D. Allen v. Debbie D. Albea	476 S.W.3d 366	23
2017	In Re Estate of Gertrude Bible Link	542 S.W.3d 438	21
2015	Alex Friedmann v. Marshall County, TN†	471 S.W.3d 427	17
2015	Sharon M. Smith v. Read Hauck	469 S.W.3d 564	16
2017	Stacey J. Cordell v. Cleveland Tennessee Hospital, LLC	544 S.W.3d 331	15
2015	Federal National Mortgage Association v. Danny O. Daniels	517 S.W.3d 706	13
2018	Dawn W. Kinard v. NationStar Mortgage, LLC	572 S.W.3d 197	12
2016	Hirt v. Metro. Bd. of Zoning Appeals of the Metro. Gov't of Nashville†	542 S.W.3d 524	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 382 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Tennessee reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is gubernatorial appointment.
Which court is Arnold B. Goldin on?: Arnold B. Goldin is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Tennessee.

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24 years on the Court of Appeals of Tennessee. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).