TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Sep 7, 2023

The Supreme Court of Tennessee temporarily suspended Joseph Houston Crabtree Jr., from the practice of law today finding that Crabtree failed to respond to the Board of Professional Responsibility concerning a complaint of misconduct. Section 12.3 of Supreme Court Rule 9 provides for the immediate temporary suspension of an attorney’s license to practice law in cases of an attorney’s failure to respond to a complaint of misconduct. Crabtree previously was suspended on Nov. 22, 2022, for a period of three years, with one year served on active suspension and the remaining two years on probation. That suspension remains in effect.