Legal Opinion
Board of Professional Responsibility v. Curry
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided October 3, 2008No. W2006-02688-SC-R3-CVPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, CORNELIA A. CLARK, and GARY R. WADE, JJ., joined.
This appeal involves a disciplinary proceeding against a lawyer that arises from a fee dispute. A hearing panel of the Board of Professional Responsibility suspended the lawyer for six months after determining (1) that he engaged in unprofessional conduct by placing an unauthorized endorsement on a settlement check and (2) that he had converted funds he had withdrawn from his trust account to pay his fee because he failed to…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Wells v. Tennessee Board of RegentsTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
- Ganzevoort v. RussellTennessee Supreme Court · 1997
- Orman v. Williams Sonoma, Inc.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1991
- Hardcastle v. HarrisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2004
- Dennis J. Hughes v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2008
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Board of Professional Responsibility of The Supreme Court of Tennessee v. Robin K. BarryTennessee Supreme Court · 2018
- Ally Financial v. Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland SecurityCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2017
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