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Blount County Lawyer Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 19, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
Ted Austin Burkhalter Jr., was today suspended for three years, with one year active suspension and the remainder on probation. Burkhalter represented the executrix of an estate and prepared a waiver of accounting and inventory calling for the signatures of three persons. He notarized the three signatures appearing on the waiver but one of those signatures was not made by the person whose signature it purports to be. Burkhalter filed the pleading with the court.

Madison County Lawyer Censured

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 15, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
On June 15, Madison County lawyer Bede O. M. Anyanwu was publicly censured by the Tennessee Supreme Court. The court ordered Anyanwu to pay costs and expenses to the Board of Professional Responsibility. On May 8, 2017, a petition for discipline containing one complaint was filed against Anyanwu. Prior to the final hearing, Anyanwu executed a conditional guilty plea acknowledging he delayed for a period of 15 months taking the steps necessary to perfect service of a divorce complaint on the non-resident defendant.

Hamilton County Lawyer Suspended

Posted by: Suzanne Craig Robertson on Jun 14, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions

The Supreme Court of Tennessee suspended Chattanooga lawyer Keith Alan Black from the practice of law for three years, ordered restitution be paid in the amount of $2,250, and costs of the disciplinary proceeding be paid to the Board. Black failed to reasonably communicate with and diligently represent his clients, failed to notify clients of his temporary suspension from the practice of law, failed to withdraw as attorney of record in pending cases and abandoned his practice. He also failed to respond to the Board regarding the disciplinary complaints.

Davidson County Lawyer Placed on Disability Inactive Status

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 12, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
On May 25, the law license of Davidson County lawyer James Jasper Fason III was transferred to disability inactive status, pursuant to Section 27.3 of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9. Fason 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.

Knox County Lawyer Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 11, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
The Supreme Court of Tennessee on Friday suspended Knoxville attorney Charles Edward Daniel from the practice of law for three years, with one year to be served on active suspension and the remaining two years on probation. The Board of Professional Responsibility filed a petition for discipline against Daniel based upon a complaint of misconduct. Daniel made unauthorized deposits of funds from his law partnership into his personal account over a three-year period while he managed the partnership’s accounting books. Daniel claimed that his partners were aware of these deposits and that he was entitled to all of the funds that he took because of expense advances he had made to the partnership. A hearing panel found that Daniel intentionally concealed the transactions from his law partners and misappropriated funds from his law firm partnership. The hearing panel imposed a three-year probation. The Board of Professional Responsibility appealed the decision. The Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the hearing panel, but concluded that the hearing panel acted arbitrarily and capriciously by probating the entirety of Daniel’s suspension. The court modified the disciplinary sanction by including a period of active suspension for one year.

Davidson County Lawyer Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 7, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
Davidson County lawyer Hal Wilkes Wilkins was suspended on Wednesday for one year. The Board of Professional Responsibility filed a petition for discipline arising from one complaint of ethical misconduct alleging that Wilkins, who was disbarred on July 22, 2014, and again on January 28, 2015, sought and opened a lawyer’s trust account during the period of disbarment. Wilkins held himself out as a lawyer admitted to practice in this jurisdiction. The court ordered Wilkins to close the bank account within 30 days, or be subject to contempt proceedings.

Casey Moreland Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 5, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
The Tennessee Supreme Court today suspended Casey Eugene Moreland from the practice of law until further orders of the court. Moreland was suspended based upon pleading guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to retaliate against a witness, victim, or informant, conspiracy to commit theft, embezzlement, or conversion of over $5,000 in funds from an organization receiving over $10,000 in federal benefits, destruction of records or documents with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation, and tampering with a witness by corrupt persuasion. The Supreme Court ordered the board to institute a formal proceeding to determine the extent of final discipline to be imposed as a result of Moreland being found guilty.   

N.C. Lawyer Transferred to Disability Inactive Status

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 5, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
By order of the Tennessee Supreme Court entered June 5, the law license of North Carolina lawyer Roger Dale Oaks was transferred to disability inactive status pursuant to Section 27.3 of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9. Oaks 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.

Williamson County Lawyer Transferred to Disability Inactive Status

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 30, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions
The law license of Williamson County lawyer Patrick M. Kelley was transferred to disability inactive status today, pursuant to Section 27.3 of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9. Kelley 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.

Madison County Lawyer Placed on Disability Inactive Status

Posted by: Barry Kolar on May 25, 2018
News Type: BPR Actions

The law license of Madison County lawyer Walter French Eubanks Jr. was today transferred to disability inactive status for an indefinite period of time and until further orders of the Supreme Court. Eubanks cannot practice law while on disability inactive status.

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