Legal Opinion
Board of Professional Responsibility v. Allison
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 14, 2009No. W2008-00338-SC-R3-CVPublishedCited by 38 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · LeeSharon G. Lee, J.
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 that modified a hearing panel’s order suspending an attorney from the practice of law for sixty days. The trial court did not disagree with the hearing panel’s findings regarding the attorney’s misconduct but determined that the punishment was too harsh and, instead, ordered a public censure. After an independent review of the record, we conclude that the hearing panel’s findings that the attorney commingled his personal funds with…
3Cases cited11 opinions
- Jackson Mobilphone Co. v. Tennessee Public Service Comm.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
- Petition of BursonTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
- City of Memphis v. Civil Service CommissionTennessee Supreme Court · 2007
- 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
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4Cited by38 opinions
- Beard v. Board of Professional ResponsibilityTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
- William S. Lockett, Jr. v. Board of Professional ResponsibilityTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
- Fletcher Whaley Long v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2014
- Threadgill v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
- Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee v. Thomas Ewing CowanTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
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