TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 7, 2021

The Tennessee Supreme Court today issued a public censure for Shelby County lawyer Jahari Mabry Dowdy. The court found that Dowdy violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.15, 5.1 and 5.3 when she paid a portion of her client’s rent arrears before receiving funds to cover the check, failed to take proper remedial action after becoming aware of the error, and eventually comingled personal funds with trust account funds to cover the check. In addition to imposing the censure, the court directed Dowdy to attend a trust account workshop on March 24.

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