TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Aug 13, 2018
The Tennessee Supreme Court has affirmed the 2014 60-day suspension of Brentwood attorney Michael Gibbs Sheppard from the practice of law. Sheppard’s suspension was based on his failure, over a four-year period, to maintain and monitor client funds in his law firm’s trust account. On appeal, the Williamson Chancery Court modified the hearing panel’s decision by increasing the periods of suspension and probation and by imposing additional conditions of probation. The court reversed the Chancery Court’s judgment modifying the sanction and affirmed the original suspension of Sheppard from the practice of law, as well as the 2-year probation period and 15 hours of continuing legal education requirement recommended by the hearing panel.