TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jul 29, 2021

Dyer County lawyer Charles Maurice Agee Jr. today received a public censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court. While representing a client in a criminal matter, Agee asked his legal assistant to contact the prosecutor for a continuance in an upcoming preliminary hearing. He did not speak directly with the prosecutor himself. Agee’s legal assistant advised him that the prosecutor had agreed to a continuance. On the morning of the preliminary hearing, Agee told the court he had spoken directly with the prosecutor by email and she had agreed to the continuance, but the prosecutor later confirmed with the judge that she had not agreed to the continuance. A public censure is a rebuke and warning to the attorney, but it does not affect the attorney’s ability to practice law.

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