TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 27, 2016

Saint Simons Island, Georgia, lawyer Joanna Temple was suspended by the Tennessee Supreme Court today (June 27) for four years, retroactive to the date of her summary suspension on April 28. Temple, who is licensed in Tennessee and Georgia, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge of attempted criminal usury in the second degree in New York. Temple was serving as lead counsel for several payday lending companies when she directed them to violate state lending laws and assisted them in doing so. Read the BPR release.