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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 19, 2023

The Tennessee Supreme Court issued a public censure for Craig Thomas Phelps yesterday. Phelps, who is licensed in Tennessee, is serving in the U.S. Air Force in Montana. The court found that though Phelps intended to file a motion to place his license on military exempt status he did not do so. Believing that he did take this action, Phelps did not pay his annual registration fee for 2021. His license was suspended for failure to pay the fee but he continued to practice law. On March 7, 2022, he stopped practicing law. The court found his actions violated Rule of Professional Conduct 5.5.