TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 16, 2025

The Tennessee Supreme Court on July 15 directed Connecticut lawyer Wesley Shelman Spears to respond within 30 days as to why discipline imposed in Connecticut should not also be imposed in Tennessee. If no response is received by the deadline, the court says it will impose identical discipline. The State of Connecticut Superior Court found that Spears sent a “series of inappropriate and offensive text messages” to his client. On April 3, it suspended him from the practice of law for one year.