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 2013 / Active

Neal W. McBrayer

Judge, Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Neal W. McBrayer is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Tennessee, serving since 2013. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2013 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2013	Court of Appeals of Tennessee	–	–

Education

College of William and Mary

Judicial Record

In our data, McBrayer authored 400 published opinions for the court (2014–2026), plus 1 dissent. Most cited: In re Bridgestone/Firestone (17 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. 3 of these were attributed to McBrayer 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
2015	In re Bridgestone/Firestone	495 S.W.3d 257	17
2018	In Re: The Estate of Wanda Jeanne Starkey	556 S.W.3d 811	9
2017	Sandra Kay Clary v. Deidra A. Miller	546 S.W.3d 101	5
2017	Vlach v. Vlach†	556 S.W.3d 219	4
2016	William W. York v. Tennessee Board Of Parole	502 S.W.3d 783	4
2017	Gallatin Housing Authority v. Mahoganee Pelt	532 S.W.3d 760	3
2015	DIRECTV, Inc. v. Roberts†	477 S.W.3d 293	3
2016	WM Capital Partners, LLC v. Anthony W. Thornton†	525 S.W.3d 265	1
2026	Kristyn Elise Turner, by and through her Natural Parents, Anna Marie Turner v. Charles Brent Boles, M.D.	–	0
2026	State of Tennessee ex rel. Kenneth Dale Davenport v. Frank Strada, ex officio as Commissioner	–	0
2026	Angela Clark v. Dr. Roseann Maikis	–	0
2026	James Whitfield Livingston v. Lauren Elizabeth Logue	–	0
2026	In Re Brady R.	–	0
2026	Poser Investments, Inc. v. Old National Hospitality Company	–	0
2026	IN RE ISAIAH M.	–	0

Showing the 15 most-cited of 401 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 Neal W. McBrayer on?: Neal W. McBrayer is a Judge of the Court of Appeals of Tennessee.

Sources

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13 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).