TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Oct 18, 2022

New Nashville Judge Lynne Ingram is facing accusations from a former client that she rushed through her last trial as an attorney, the Nashville Post reports. The former client, Dr. Hau La, was convicted on 11 counts of distribution of a controlled substance during a July trial. By then, Ingram had won the May 3 Democratic primary and, since there were no Republican contenders, effectively won her seat on the Davidson County Circuit Court. Ingram removed herself from the case immediately after the trial because she was “preparing to take the bench…” La filed a motion for a new trial on Friday, alleging Ingram and co-counsel Bryna Grant should never have brought the case to trial so quickly and that the pair never interviewed key government witnesses or reviewed the government’s discovery evidence “in any meaningful way.” The motion also claims the defense team’s own expert witness told Ingram and Grant they were unprepared and should seek a continuance.