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11 Attorneys Reinstated for Administrative Suspensions

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 21, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
Eleven attorneys have been reinstated to the practice of law in Tennessee following administrative suspensions earlier this year. Seven attorneys were reinstated after fulfilling the mandatory CLE requirement, three were reinstated for satisfying annual fee and/or IOLTA payments, and one was reinstated for completing payment of the professional privilege tax

Davidson County Lawyer Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 21, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
Davidson County lawyer Robert Allen Doll III on Thursday was suspended from the practice of law by order of the Tennessee Supreme Court for 90 days, effective immediately. Doll must pay the Board’s costs and expenses and the court costs within 90 days of the entry of the order of enforcement. Doll failed to timely prepare a qualified domestic relations order in a divorce case after being ordered to do so. In an unrelated matter, Doll was convicted of a serious crime and summarily suspended by the Tennessee Supreme Court on May 31, 2017, pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 9, Section 22.3. He was required to notify the divorce client of that suspension but he failed to do so. That suspension remains in effect pending Doll’s appeal of the conviction. 

Davidson County Lawyer Temporarily Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 21, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
The Supreme Court of Tennessee today temporarily suspended Davidson County lawyer Brian Phillip Manookian from the practice of law upon finding that he poses a threat of substantial harm to the public. Section 12.3 of Supreme Court Rule 9 provides for the immediate summary suspension of an attorney’s license to practice law if an attorney poses a threat of substantial harm to the public. Manookian is immediately precluded from accepting any new cases, and he must cease representing existing clients by Oct. 21, after which he shall not use any indicia of lawyer, legal assistant, or law clerk nor maintain a presence where the practice of law is conducted.

Davidson County Lawyer Censured

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 20, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
Davidson County lawyer John Benneth Iwu received a public censure on Wednesday from the Board of Professional Responsibility. In December 2017, Iwu authorized two electronic payments representing filing fees from his trust account knowing that his trust account contained personal funds that would not be sufficient to cover the amount of the payments. While Iwu anticipated depositing client funds into the account to cover the filing fees, he ultimately forgot, resulting in an overdraft on the account.

Davidson County Lawyer Placed on Disability Inactive Status

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 18, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
By order of the Tennessee Supreme Court entered today, the law license of Davidson County lawyer Dayna A. Hulme was transferred to disability inactive status pursuant to Section 27.3 of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9. Hulme cannot practice law while on disability inactive status. She may return to the practice of law after reinstatement by the Tennessee Supreme Court upon showing of clear and convincing evidence that the disability has been removed and she is fit to resume the practice of law.

Madison County Lawyer Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 13, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
The Supreme Court of Tennessee today entered an order suspending Angela Joy Hopson from the practice of law for a period of two years, with 30 days served as active suspension and the remainder on probation. Hopson is required to engage a practice monitor during the probationary period and to pay the costs of the disciplinary proceeding. The Board of Professional Responsibility filed a petition for discipline against Hopson based upon one complaint of ethical misconduct arising from her representation of a criminal defendant. A hearing panel determined that she failed to properly manage communication with her client who was incarcerated, causing the client and his family to contact the trial court on multiple occasions with their complaints.

Davidson County Lawyer Placed on Disability Inactive Status

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 12, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
By order of the Tennessee Supreme Court entered today, the law license of Michael Leonard Underhill was transferred to disability inactive status pursuant to Section 27.3 of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9. Underhill cannot practice law while on disability inactive status. He may return to the practice of law after reinstatement by the Tennessee Supreme Court upon showing of clear and convincing evidence that the disability has been removed and he is fit to resume the practice of law.

17 Attorneys Reinstated Following Administrative Suspension

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 10, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
Seventeen attorneys suspended last month for failing to pay the professional privilege tax, failing to pay the annual fee or mandatory IOLTA report, or failing to comply with the CLE requirement have been reinstated by order of the court. See a full list of all administrative suspensions and reinstatements here.

Attorneys Suspended for Failing to Pay Annual Registration Fee

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 7, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
Twenty-eight inactive attorneys were suspended by order of the Tennessee Supreme Court on Aug. 31 for failing to pay the annual inactive registration fee. See the order and list of suspended inactive attorneys here. Additionally, 30 active attorneys were suspended for failing to pay the annual registration fee. See the order and a full list of suspended attorneys here.

Kentucky Lawyer Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 7, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
The Supreme Court of Tennessee today temporarily suspended the law license of Jonathan Stephen Carlton of Nortonville, Kentucky, from the practice of law upon finding Carlton failed to respond to the board regarding a complaint of misconduct. Section 12.3 of Supreme Court Rule 9 provides for the immediate summary suspension of an attorney’s license to practice law in cases of an attorney’s failure to respond to the board regarding a complaint of misconduct. Carlton is immediately precluded from accepting any new cases, and he must cease representing existing clients by Oct. 7.
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