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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 2, 2023

Montgomery County lawyer Robert Louis Booker was permanently disbarred from the practice of law today. The court found that Booker, in representing a client in a contested divorce, charged a $3,200.00 non-refundable fee without a written agreement, or alternatively failed to deposit the fee into an IOLTA account as a retainer and bill against it. In addition, Booker failed to explain the scope of his representation to his client, and because he did not have a written fee agreement, failed to have proper grounds to withdraw based upon the assertion that the client failed to make payments as agreed. Finally, the court found that Booker impermissibly disclosed confidential information pertaining to the client in his motion to withdraw and failed to respond to letters from the Board of Professional Responsibility seeking a response to the complaint. His actions were determined to violate Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct 1.5(b)(f), 1.15, 1.16(b)(5), 1.6, 8.1(b) and 8.4(a)(d).