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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 22, 2020

Shelby County lawyer Michael Leon Harris was censured today for violating Rules of Professional Conduct 3.1, 8.4(d), 3.3 and 8.1. The Tennessee Supreme Court found that while representing a homeowner in a detainer action by the mortgagor, Harris filed four petitions for bankruptcy, but made no subsequent filings to any of them, resulting in dismissal of the petitions. The court wrote that the petitions “were not meritorious and were, instead, filed to improperly stop execution on valid writs of execution.” The court also found that Harris typed his client’s name as a “signature” for each petition without getting the actual signature, and failed to respond to requests for information on the matter.

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