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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 4, 2026

On Jan. 30, the Tennessee Supreme Court suspended Shelby County lawyer Sheila L. Robinson-Beasley from the practice of law for six years, with five years to be served on active suspension and the remainder on probation. The court conditioned probation on Robinson-Beasley employing a practice monitor for one year, attending the Board of Professional Responsibility’s ethics workshop, and complying with all terms of the suspension, CLE requirements and fees and court costs owed. The court found that Robinson-Beasley did not follow proper protocol in the execution and use of a durable power of attorney and limited power of attorney prepared on behalf of an ill family member. In addition, following the death of that individual, she converted assets belonging to the estate and made false representations about the powers of attorney to those involved in the sale of the deceased’s residence and at the deceased’s bank. Her conduct was determined to violate Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, 1.3, 1.15, 4.1 and 8.4.