Maddux v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee

OPINION

SHARON G. LEE, J.,

delivered the

opinion of the court,

in which JANICE M. HOLDER, C.J., CORNELIA A. CLARK, GARY R. WADE, and WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., JJ., joined.

This is a direct appeal of a trial court judgment affirming a hearing panel’s order which found that an attorney had violated the Rules of Professional Conduct and suspended him from the practice of law for five months. The attorney argues on appeal that the suspension should be reduced to a public censure or a suspension of lesser duration. After careful review of the record, we find no error in the ruling of the hearing panel and,…