TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 10, 2021

Benton County lawyer Phillip Gordon Hollis received a censure from the Tennessee Supreme Court on Feb. 9. The court found that Hollis failed to provide notice of his March 2020 administrative suspension to clients, opposing counsel and the courts. He also failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing and informed the court that he had provided written notice of his suspension. When asked by the court to provide copies of these notices, Hollis could not. He later acknowledged he had not sent the letters. His actions violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.3, 1.4, 1.16(d), 3.2, 3.3, 3.4(c) and 8.4(a)(c)(d).