TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 14, 2023

Andrew Stephen Priestly Williams, an attorney licensed in California and Florida, received a censure from Tennessee Supreme Court today. The court took the action after Williams filed a motion for pro hac vice admission and identified local counsel in the motion but no signature was included. When the opposing attorney objected to Williams’ motion, Williams filed a reply that included a hand-written signature, however local counsel did not sign the document himself and did not give permission for his name to be signed. These actions were determined to violate Rule of Professional Conduct 5.5.