TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 6, 2023

The Tennessee Supreme Court has denied a motion from Elliott James Schuchardt to strike a response from the Board of Professional Responsibility in his disciplinary case. Schuchardt filed the motion on Feb. 2, arguing that the board’s response to his petition for dissolution of a temporary suspension did not comply with applicable law. In a brief filed with the motion, Schuchardt argued that the court has no legal authority to summarily dismiss a petition for dissolution of a temporary suspension and that in doing so, violated his right to due process. In denying the motion, the court stated that summary dismissal was legally appropriate given the “unusual circumstances of this case.”