The post-conviction defender is authorized to appoint, employ, and establish, in the numbers as the post-conviction defender determines, full-time assistant post-conviction defenders, investigators, and other clerical and support personnel who shall be paid from funds appropriated for that purpose.
Appointment of assistants and other staff — Method of payments
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-30-208, under Post-Conviction Defender Oversight Commission Act of 2011.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-30-208