TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 3, 2020

Carroll County lawyer Benjamin Dempsey agreed to a conditional guilty plea offered by the Board of Professional Responsibility to settle a disciplinary complaint against him in January. After the board presented the plea agreement to the Tennessee Supreme Court, the court expressed concern that the recommended punishment was too lenient in light of the nature of the misconduct. On March 27, the court rejected the plea and referred the matter back to the board for further proceedings.