Legal Opinion
Board of Professional Responsibility of The Supreme Court of Tennessee v. Robin K. Barry
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided February 16, 2018No. M2016-02003-SC-R3-BPPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolly Kirby, J.
Page, JJ., joined.
Holly Kirby
FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
This is an appeal from attorney disciplinary proceedings based on the attorney's knowing conversion of client funds. In this case, disputed insurance funds were placed in the attorney's trust account pending resolution of the dispute. Shortly after the disputed insurance funds were deposited, the attorney began to comingle funds in her trust account and use the insurance proceeds for her own purposes. At about the time the dispute over the insurance funds was resolved, the attorney moved out of state. In response to her client's…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Sneed v. Board of Professional ResponsibilityTennessee Supreme Court · 2010
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- Doe v. Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2003
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- Board of Professional Responsibility v. AllisonTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
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