Legal Opinion
Paul J. Walwyn v. Board of Professional Responsibility Of The Supreme Court of Tennessee
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 3, 2015No. M2015-00565-SC-R3-BPPublishedCited by 19 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · ClarkCornelia A. Clark, J.
SHARON G. LEE, C.J., and JEFFREY S. BIVINS, and HOLLY KIRBY, JJ., joined.
A Hearing Panel of. the Board of Professional Responsibility (the “Hearing Panel”) found that an attorney’s handling of three separate criminal appeals violated certain ethical rules. See Tenn. Sup.Ct. R. 8, RPC 1.3, 1.4, 3.2, and 8.4(a), (d). The Hearing Panel suspended the attorney from the practice of law for six months and ordered him to serve thirty days’ active suspension and five months’ probation. The attorney appealed, and the trial court affirmed the Hearing Panel’s judgment. On appeal to this Court, the…
3Cases cited18 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- In Re RuffaloSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- State v. BanksTennessee Supreme Court · 2008
- Sneed v. Board of Professional ResponsibilityTennessee Supreme Court · 2010
- Benton v. SnyderTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
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4Cited by19 opinions
- Board of Professional Responsibility v. ReguliTennessee Supreme Court · 2015
- Peter M. Napolitano v. Board of Professional ResponsibilityTennessee Supreme Court · 2017
- In Re: Paul Julius Walwyn, BPR 18263Tennessee Supreme Court · 2017
- Board of Professional Responsibility of The Supreme Court of Tennessee v. Robin K. BarryTennessee Supreme Court · 2018
- Board of Professional Responsibility Of The Supreme Court of Tennessee v. Michael Gibbs SheppardTennessee Supreme Court · 2018
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