Legal Opinion
Nathan E.Brooks v. Board of Professional Responsibility
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 7, 2019No. E2018-00125-SC-R3-BPPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolly Kirby, J.
In 1998, the appellant attorney agreed to entry of a consent order suspending his law license for two years. In 2017, the appellant filed this petition for reinstatement of his suspended law license. Instead of the advance cost deposit required by Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9, section 30.4(d)(9), he filed a pauper's oath and affidavit of indigency. Upon motion of the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, the hearing panel dismissed the appellant's petition without prejudice to his ability to file a new petition in compliance with Rule 9. On appeal, the…
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