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Posted by: Kate Prince on Oct 8, 2020

Three criminal court judges and five sessions court judges from Knox County on Monday filed an order barring any attorney positive for the COVID-19 virus from their courtrooms, the Knoxville News Sentinel reports. The order comes in response to complaints that a COVID-19 positive attorney recently showed up for a hearing in Blount County, despite being ordered to self-quarantine. That attorney has not yet been named, but is also known to practice in Knox County. The order bans attorneys who test positive for the virus from all courtrooms in the county until they are “no longer contagious or at risk of transmitting” the virus. It also states that attorneys deemed guilty of violating the order will face contempt of court charges and could be “barred from practice” in Knox County’s courts.