Joshua Baker

The Administrator of the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation appointed Judge Joshua Davis Baker to the bench of the Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims in June 2014 as a member of the inaugural class of workers’ compensation judges. He was reappointed to a six-year term in 2016. Judge Baker graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor of science concentrated in finance. He graduated cum laude from the Appalachian School of Law in 2005, and was the winner of the 2005 Herbert S. Weschler National Criminal Moot Court Competition that same year. Judge Baker then served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter for approximately seven years where he represented the Bureau in many legal matters before he joined the Bureau in 2012. At the Bureau, Judge Baker served as Administrative Attorney and Legislative Liaison before his appointment to the Court. Judge Baker is a native of Alabama but has resided in Nashville for his entire career as an attorney and judge.