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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 19, 2026

The Tennessee Supreme Court suspended Knox County lawyer Loring Edwin Justice from the practice of law for four years on Feb. 19. The court imposed the discipline after finding that Justice and his firm entered into a fee agreement without client authorization, charged excessive and unreasonable fees that were unsupported by billing records, abused the fiduciary relationship with the client, failed to reasonably communicate with or diligently represent a client, failed to protect his client’s interests after withdrawal or termination, and engaged in misconduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation. On Dec. 3, 2025, Justice entered into a conditional guilty plea that he violated Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.8, 1.16 and 8.4(c).