TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Nov 7, 2017
Benton County attorney Alan G. Ward was disbarred from the practice of law by order of the Tennessee Supreme Court on Friday. Ward failed to handle an urgent child custody petition expeditiously, caused signatures on a pleading to be falsely dated and failed to communicate with the child’s guardian ad litem. When terminated by his clients, he failed to promptly return their file. He did not refund the unearned portion of his fee. In a separate matter, Ward was appointed to represent two indigent defendants in the Court of Criminal Appeals in two different cases. He failed to file a brief on behalf of his clients, failed to respond to orders from the Court of Criminal Appeals and abandoned his representation of the clients. 
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