Legal Opinion
In Re: James Carl Cope, BPR 03340
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 4, 2018No. M2016-02144-SC-BAR-BPPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This Court suspended attorney James Carl Cope pursuant to Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9, section 22.3, based on his federal felony conviction for insider trading and referred the matter to the Board of Professional Responsibility ("Board") to initiate proceedings to determine his final discipline. A hearing panel ("Panel") imposed a final discipline of twenty-five months' suspension, retroactive to the date of his initial suspension by this Court, which was on October 25, 2016. Neither the Board nor Mr. Cope appealed this judgment. The Board petitioned this Court for an order enforcing the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Doe v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2003
- Dennis J. Hughes v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2008
- William S. Lockett, Jr. v. Board of Professional ResponsibilityTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
- Board of Professional Responsibility v. AllisonTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
- Fletcher Whaley Long v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2014
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3Cited by11 opinions
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