TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 22, 2022

Former Roane County lawyer Kent Lowery Booher was convicted in April 2021 of criminal conduct constituting a serious crime: two counts of coercion and enticement and one count of sex trafficking of children by force, fraud or coercion; sexual exploitation of children; and penalties for registered sex offenders. Because Booher was disbarred in January 2015 (based on a conviction for statutory rape), the Tennessee Supreme Court found that immediate suspension was not necessary. It referred the case to the Board of Professional Responsibility for a determination of final discipline.