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Posted by: Suzanne Craig Robertson on Aug 30, 2021

A 48-page report filed last week by a three-person hearing panel from the Board of Professional Responsibility outlines what it says are a series of ethical violations by Nashville lawyer Brian Manookian, the Tennessean reports. Manookian faces possible disbarment for threats and perjury that led to a mother temporarily losing custody of her child. Manookian, who has denied wrongdoing, argues that the incidents reported by the panel have no bearing on his work as a lawyer and do not fall under the board's purview.