TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 6, 2023

Williamson County lawyer Melissa Ann Baker was suspended from the practice of law today for three years, with one year to be served on active suspension and the rest on probation. The Tennessee Supreme Court conditioned the probation on Baker engaging a practice monitor and complying with recommendations from the Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program. The court imposed the discipline after finding that Baker (1) failed to file responses to two motions; (2) made material misrepresentations during oral argument; (3) failed to file responses to motions, which resulted in the dismissal of the client’s case; (4) failed to timely produce information to opposing counsel; and (5) filed inappropriate motions in juvenile court. Her conduct was determined to violate Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1 , 1.3, 1.4(a) and (b), 3.1, 3.2, 3.3(a)(1), 3.4(c), 4.2, 4.4(a) and 8.4 (a), (c) and (d).