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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 26, 2020

Nashville lawyer Brian P. Manookian — who was suspended in 2019 for sending threatening and coercive emails — is asking the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to revive his claims that the Board of Professional Responsibility violated antitrust laws and his constitutional rights, Bloomberg Law reports. In imposing the suspension, the state Supreme Court found that Manookian sent opposing counsel an email that contained photos of the lawyer’s wife, information about her, and a photo of their home. The court also found that he sent an opposing client an email that was designed to intimidate. Manookian appealed the suspension to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. In February, that court dismissed most of the claims, finding that the state Supreme Court not the BPR imposed the suspension. He is now asking the federal appellate court to reverse that ruling and reinstate his claims.