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Shelby County Lawyer Placed on Disability Inactive Status

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 11, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
By order of the Tennessee Supreme Court entered July 11, the law license of Robert C. Brooks was transferred to disability inactive status pursuant to Section 27.3 of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9. Brooks 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.

Davidson County Lawyer Censured

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 11, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
On July 10, Davidson County attorney Thomas Howard Miller, an attorney licensed to practice law in Tennessee, received a Public Censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Miller failed to adequately communicate with his client, and failed to diligently address the client’s needs. Miller’s fee was unreasonable based upon the time and labor involved and lack of complexity of the case, the results obtained, and the failure to reduce the fee to a writing.

Sullivan County Lawyer Censured

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 11, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
On July 10, Sullivan County lawyer Kay Jeffrey Luethke received a public censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Luethke improperly commingled trust funds into his operating account and personal funds into his trust account on several different occasions. Luethke also held funds in his trust account which were not related to any representation, withdrew funds without allowing adequate time for a check to clear, and inadvertently used trust funds to pay a personal debt without reconciling his account and correcting the problem.

Putnam County Lawyer Censured

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 9, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
On July 9, Elizabeth Ann Shipley received a public censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Shipley represented clients in defense of a boundary line suit, failing to file an answer or enter an appearance in the action, which led to entry of a default judgment. Shipley failed to take prompt remedial action once notified of the default judgment or protect her clients’ interests following her discharge as counsel. She also failed to maintain good communication with her clients throughout the representation. As a condition of the censure, Shipley must refund $1,500 in attorney fees to her former clients within 30 days.

Tennessee Lawyer Placed on Disability Inactive Status

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 6, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
The law license of Josette Michelle Chambers of Smyrna, Georgia, was transferred to disability inactive status on Thursday, pursuant to Section 27.3 of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9. Chambers 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.

Davidson County Lawyer Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 3, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
The Supreme Court of Tennessee on Monday temporarily suspended Travis Waymon Tipton from the practice of law upon finding that he was in substantial non-compliance with the terms of the monitoring agreement with the Tennessee Lawyer’s Assistance Program. 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 noncompliance with TLAP’s monitoring agreement. Tipton is immediately precluded from accepting any new cases, and he must cease representing existing clients by Aug. 1.

Lauderdale County Lawyer Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 22, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
On June 21, the Supreme Court of Tennessee temporarily suspended Jennifer Lynn Mayham from the practice of law upon finding that Mayham 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. Mayham is immediately precluded from accepting any new cases, and she must cease representing existing clients by July 21.

Campbell County Lawyer Reinstated

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 21, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
On June 20, the Supreme Court of Tennessee reinstated Timothy Paul Webb to the practice of law, effective immediately. Webb had been suspended by the Supreme Court of Tennessee for five years on September 26, 2016, with two years active suspension and the remainder on probation with conditions. Webb filed a petition for reinstatement to the practice of law pursuant to Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9, Section 30.4. A hearing panel found that Webb complied with the terms and conditions of his suspension, and further found that he had demonstrated the moral qualifications, competency and learning in the law required for the practice of law, and that his resumption of the practice of law will not be detrimental to the integrity or standing of the bar or administration of justice, or subversive to the public interest.

Davidson County Lawyer Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 19, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
Jamaal L. Boykin was today suspended from the practice of law for two years, with six months active suspension and the remainder on probation. In the representation of five clients, Boykin failed to act with diligence in handling client matters, failed to adequately communicate with the clients, failed to deposit unearned fees in a trust account and failed to timely refund unearned fees.

Sumner County Lawyer Disbarred

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 19, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
The Supreme Court of Tennessee disbarred Andy Lamar Allman from the practice of law today and ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $320,050 and costs of the disciplinary proceeding. A petition for discipline was filed against Allman consisting of 79 separate complaints from individual clients. The hearing panel found that Allman knowingly, intentionally and systematically failed to provide the substantive professional services for which he was retained, misappropriated unearned retainer fees provided by those clients and converted the funds to his personal or business use, and misled clients regarding the status of their cases and the filing of pleadings. The panel further found Allman failed to notify his clients of his temporary suspension, engaged in the unauthorized practice of law and failed to respond to the Board regarding a disciplinary complaint.
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