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TBA Convention Kicks Off Tomorrow in Memphis

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 12, 2018
The Tennessee Bar Association’s Annual Convention begins tomorrow in Memphis at The Peabody hotel, where it will continue until Saturday. Events planned include a gubernatorial candidate forum on Thursday morning, a reception in Overton Square on Thursday evening, and the swearing-in of 2018-2019 President Jason Pannu on Friday. Follow along with the action on TBA’s Twitter and Instagram accounts, and watch for live streaming of the gubernatorial forum on Thursday and additional event live streaming on the TBA’s Facebook page. Convention attendees can keep their schedules straight by accessing the TBA app on Guidebook.

Sessions Bars Asylum Claims for Immigrants Fleeing Domestic Violence, Gangs

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 12, 2018
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions ruled yesterday that immigrants are not eligible for asylum because of domestic violence and gang-related violence in their home countries, the LA Times reports. The order could block tens of thousands of people, mostly women, from fleeing to the United States. The ruling came in response to the case of a woman who said she was seeking asylum after years of physical, sexual and emotional abuse from an ex-husband.

AOC Announces New Courthouse Security Grant Program

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 12, 2018
The Administrative Office of the Courts has launched a second round of grants to help make Tennessee’s courthouses safer. Funding preference will be given to counties with courthouses that do not currently meet the present minimum courtroom security standards, as well as counties that have experienced a courtroom security breach during the 12-month period of July 1, 2017, to June 30 of this year. The announcement of the new round of court security grants comes just months after the Tennessee Judicial Conference and the Tennessee General Sessions Judges Conference adopted new minimum courtroom security standards to promote the security and safety of members of the judiciary, court personnel, and the public. The standards were last updated in the 1990s.

Chattanooga Lawyer to Receive Joe Henry Award for Legal Writing

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 12, 2018
Chattanooga attorney Bob E. Lype will be honored with the Justice Joseph W. Henry Memorial Award for Outstanding Legal Writing at the Tennessee Bar Association’s Annual Convention, held at The Peabody in Memphis this week. The Joe W. Henry Award is given each year to a member of the Tennessee Bar Association who contributes the most outstanding article to the Tennessee Bar Journal. Lype was chosen this year by a panel of judges for “How to Deal with Bullying, Threats and Physical Violence in the Workplace,” which was published in the April 2017 edition. This is Lype’s second time to receive the award – a rare feat in Bar Journal history.

Davidson County Lawyer Placed on Disability Inactive Status

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 12, 2018
On May 25, the law license of Davidson County lawyer James Jasper Fason III was transferred to disability inactive status, pursuant to Section 27.3 of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9. Fason cannot practice law while on disability inactive status. He may return to the practice of law after reinstatement by the Tennessee Supreme Court upon showing of clear and convincing evidence that the disability has been removed and he is fit to resume the practice of law.

SCOTUS Rules States Can Purge Voters Who Don’t Show Up to the Polls

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 11, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that it was OK for the state of Ohio to purge voters from registration lists if they haven’t voted in six years, USA Today reports. Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the majority opinion, said that the Ohio law was valid because the voters who were purged also failed to respond to notices. The ruling protects similar laws on the books in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Oregon, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Montana.

Knox County Lawyer Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 11, 2018
The Supreme Court of Tennessee on Friday suspended Knoxville attorney Charles Edward Daniel from the practice of law for three years, with one year to be served on active suspension and the remaining two years on probation. The Board of Professional Responsibility filed a petition for discipline against Daniel based upon a complaint of misconduct. Daniel made unauthorized deposits of funds from his law partnership into his personal account over a three-year period while he managed the partnership’s accounting books. Daniel claimed that his partners were aware of these deposits and that he was entitled to all of the funds that he took because of expense advances he had made to the partnership. A hearing panel found that Daniel intentionally concealed the transactions from his law partners and misappropriated funds from his law firm partnership. The hearing panel imposed a three-year probation. The Board of Professional Responsibility appealed the decision. The Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the hearing panel, but concluded that the hearing panel acted arbitrarily and capriciously by probating the entirety of Daniel’s suspension. The court modified the disciplinary sanction by including a period of active suspension for one year.

Chief Justice to High Schoolers: ‘Beware the Robots’

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 11, 2018
In a speech to high school graduates in Maryland, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts advised them to be concerned about the influence of artificial intelligence and big data, the ABA Journal reports. “Beware the robots,” Roberts told the students, which can oversimplify information and stifle individuality and creativity. He said he worries that over-reliance on artificial intelligence can change leaders into followers. “My worry is not that machines will start thinking like us,” Roberts said. “I worry that we will start thinking like machines.”

Volunteers Needed for June 12 Legal Clinic in Nashville

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 11, 2018
Lipscomb University's Fred D. Gray Institute for Law, Justice & Society will host a free legal clinic in Nashville at 6:30 p.m. on June at Schrader Lane Church of Christ, located at 1234 Schrader Lane, Nashville, 37208. It will be an advice-only clinic with no expectation that volunteers take on continuing representation. For more information or to volunteer, contact Randy Spivey, 615-966-2503.

Knoxville Lawyer Charged in Heroin Conspiracy

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 11, 2018
A Knoxville lawyer was one of 19 people indicted in an alleged heroin distribution conspiracy, Knoxnews reports. William Whitlow Davis Jr. is charged with conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance, conspiracy to sell a controlled substance and money laundering, and was arrested on May 30. The scheme, which operated from March 2013 to June 2017, involved the sale of heroin and fentanyl and is connected to at least two overdose deaths last year.
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