TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 10, 2020

Nashville lawyer Lewis Lyman Laska received a censure from the Tennessee Supreme Court today. The court found that Laska (1) improperly sought written discovery from non-parties through subpoena while representing himself in his own divorce proceeding; (2) informed one of the non-parties that they could face criminal action if they failed to properly respond to the subpoena; and (3) engaged in harassing conduct against the non-parties, which included a threat to file a disciplinary complaint against a non-party attorney to gain an advantage in his civil proceeding. The court found that these acts violated Rules of Professional Conduct 4.4(a)(1-2) and 8.4(a), (c) and (d).