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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 26, 2020

The Tennessee Supreme Court imposed a censure on Knoxville lawyer Michael Edward Casas — who is licensed to practice law in the states of Florida and New York — on Oct. 23. The court found that Casas accepted a corporate counsel position in Tennessee without timely registering with the Board of Law Examiners and the Board of Professional Responsibility. In fact, he waited eight months before he completed the registration requirements. His actions violated Rule of Professional Conduct 5.5(a).