TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 25, 2025

Shelby County lawyer Curtis Douglas Johnson received a public censure from the Tennessee Supreme Court on April 24. The court found that Johnson knowingly failed to file fee disclosures required by the federal bankruptcy court, even after being instructed by the court to do so. The Supreme Court also found that Johnson failed to promptly notify his client that he had received and accepted a settlement offer in a wrongful eviction case, and later failed to notify his client that he had received the settlement funds. Johnson then distributed funds held in trust for a different client to the client before her settlement check was deposited and cleared. His actions violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.4, 1.15(a) and (d) and 3.4(c).