TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 31, 2022

Knox County lawyer Herbert Sanford Moncier was censured today by the Tennessee Supreme Court. The court found that he violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.2(a), 1.3, 1.7, 1.9, 3.1, 3.4(c) and 8.4(g) while pursuing a qui tam suit filed in state court. Moncier initially named a former client as a defendant in the action, but then voluntarily withdrew the complaint. The court found that he acted as his own attorney and had a personal interest in the case. The court ordered Moncier to retain successor counsel for the action, which he did not do.