TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 30, 2022

The Tennessee Supreme Court temporarily suspended Hamilton County lawyer John Scott Wesson from the practice of law today after finding he was not in compliance with his Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program (TLAP) monitoring agreement. Section 12.3 of Supreme Court Rule 9 provides for immediate summary suspension when an attorney fails to substantially comply with their monitoring agreement. Wesson is immediately precluded from accepting new cases and must cease representing existing clients by Oct. 30. The court also issued an order allowing the Board of Professional Responsibility to file under seal an attachment to the affidavit of TLAP Executive Director J.E. “Buddy” Stockwell III because the document contains sensitive health care information.