Legal Opinion
Beard v. Board of Professional Responsibility
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided July 9, 2009No. E2008-02059-SC-R3-BPPublishedCited by 74 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · ClarkCornelia A. Clark, J.
in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., and GARY R. WADE and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JJ., joined. SHARON G. LEE, J., not participating.
In this direct appeal of a lawyer disciplinary proceeding involving three separate complaints, we are asked to determine whether the trial court correctly affirmed the hearing panel’s order suspending attorney Jes Beard from the practice of law for two years. Mr. Beard argues that the hearing panel erred in: (1) denying his motion to sever and continue the scheduled hearing; (2) finding that he violated several disciplinary rules; (3) applying the Rules of…
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