TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 27, 2016

Davidson County lawyer John Lyndon Lowery was disbarred from the practice of law on June 24 after the Tennessee Supreme Court found that he settled nine cases without his clients’ knowledge or consent, signed their names to settlement checks without their permission, misappropriated settlement funds, and made misrepresentations to make them think their cases were progressing normally. In another case, the court found that Lowery failed to take any action – which resulted in the case being dismissed – and failed to inform his client of that result. Lowery pled guilty to seven counts of theft and eight counts of forgery, all felonies. He previously was suspended for failure to pay the 2015 professional privilege tax; that suspension remains in effect. In May 2015, he was temporarily suspended for posing a threat of substantial harm to the public. In light of the disbarment, that suspension is dissolved. Read the BPR notice.