TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 22, 2016

Sullivan County lawyer Thomas Alan Snapp was suspended from the practice of law for five years on July 21. The Tennessee Supreme Court took the action after finding that Snapp undertook representation in a personal injury/wrongful death suit while administratively suspended and did not tell his client or another lawyer assisting with the case about the suspension. After the case settled, Snapp misappropriated $50,000 from his client and led co-counsel to believe that the client had been paid in full. Several months later, co-counsel discovered the truth and confronted Snapp, who re-paid the client's settlement funds and legal fees. Read the BPR notice.