TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 6, 2025

The Tennessee Supreme Court on Oct. 6 referred two cases to the Board of Professional Responsibility for “whatever action” it may deem warranted. The court referred the case of Madison County lawyer James Richard McFall, who was found guilty of driving under the influence and was sentenced to 56 hours of incarceration and 11 months and 29 days of supervised probation. It also referred the case of Davidson County lawyer Kenneth Ervin Yager, who was found guilty of driving under the influence in Georgia and was sentenced to 12 months, with one day to be served in custody and the remainder to be served on probation.