TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 4, 2026

The Tennessee Supreme Court permanently disbarred Sumner County lawyer Jocelyn Doria Mims on Jan. 30. The court took the action after determining that Mims’s felony convictions for tampering with evidence, making a false report and intentionally failing to report child sexual abuse constituted serious criminal conduct that was prejudicial to the administration of justice and reflected adversely on her honesty, trustworthiness and fitness as a lawyer. Her actions were determined to violate Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct 1.2(d), 1.6(c), 3.3(h), 3.4(a)-(b), 4.1(a) and 8.4(a), (b), (c) and (d).

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