TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 2, 2025

On Nov. 26, the Tennessee Supreme Court imposed censures on Shelby County lawyers John Michael Bailey and Mark Anthony Lambert, both with the law firm of John Michael Bailey Injury Lawyers. The court found that the law firm was hired by a client for a personal injury matter. Lambert filed a complaint in federal court and included his law partner’s name when Bailey was not admitted to practice in that court. Neither Bailey nor Lambert filed a motion for pro hac vice admission and neither attended the initial case management conference or responded to a show cause order why the matter should not be dismissed. Their actions were determined to violate Rules of Professional Conduct 1.3, 3.2, 3.4 and 8.4(d).