TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jun 18, 2026

Davidson County lawyer Sornavidya Saba Sankar on June 17 received a public censure from the Tennessee Supreme Court. Sankar admittedly abused substances, experienced mental health issues, failed to communicate with her clients about their cases being reset, failed to appear in court and failed to respond to the court’s inquiries into her status — all of which delayed litigation. Her failure to appear at a hearing also resulted in multiple cases being reset and new attorneys being appointed to replace her. The court found that Sankar failed to act competently in representing her clients and made multiple misrepresentations to a colleague about self-reporting to the Board of Professional Responsibility. Sankar was found to have violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, 1.3, 1.4(a)(3), 3.2, 8.4(c) and 8.4(d).