TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 17, 2025

The Tennessee Supreme Court has permanently disbarred Johnson County lawyer and former general sessions judge Perry Lee Stout from the practice of law. Stout was temporarily suspended on Feb. 28, 2024, after pleading guilty to the commission of two felonies: conspiracy to possess with intent to sell not less than ten or more than 70 pounds of marijuana and money laundering. He was sentenced to an effective eight-year sentence in May 2024. In imposing disbarment, the court found that Stout knowingly violated Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct 8.4 (a), (b), (c) and (d) when he purchased illegal drugs and participated in illegal drug trafficking.