TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 4, 2026

On Nov. 15, 2024, Shelby County lawyer Javier Michael Bailey filed a petition to reinstate his Tennessee law license after being disbarred on April 26, 2012. A Board of Professional Responsibility hearing panel conducted a review and the majority recommended placing several conditions on reinstatement, including that Bailey retake and pass the bar exam, have a practice monitor for five years, limit the number of cases accepted, complete additional continuing legal education courses, and make every effort to pay in full the restitution and costs he was ordered to pay in 2012. One member of the panel objected to reinstatement. On Jan. 30, the Tennessee Supreme Court determined that reinstatement would be detrimental to the integrity and standing of the bar and subversive to the public interest, and therefore dismissed the petition.