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Go SOLO: Tools for Starting Your Practice

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 22, 2018
Are you ready to go solo? This three-hour online video program will help you decide if a solo practice is right for you. Sessions addressing business and marketing will help you determine whether you have the entrepreneurial know-how to start your own practice. Find out if you are ready for the solo challenge and learn how to set up a business and set yourself apart. 

Shelby County Attorney Censured

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 22, 2018
Shelby County lawyer John Edward Dunlap on Friday received a public censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Dunlap represented a client in a bankruptcy that was dismissed for failure to provide documentation. He failed to respond to his client’s requests for information for two months. In another client matter, Dunlap received a personal injury settlement for his client that he properly held in his trust account. However, the client passed away, and Dunlap mistakenly believed that he complied with a court order to release a portion of the funds to pay a subrogation claim. Over two years later, a third party filed a lawsuit to collect the funds, and Dunlap remitted payment. A public censure is a rebuke and warning to the attorney, but it does not affect the attorney’s ability to practice law.

Shelby County Attorney Censured

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 22, 2018
Marti Lee Kaufman of Shelby County on Friday received a public censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Kaufman practiced law for seven business days after her law license was administratively suspended for non-compliance with continuing legal education requirements. A public censure is a rebuke and warning to the attorney, but does not affect the attorney’s ability to practice law.

Knoxville Motel Sued for Crime that Took Place on Property

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 19, 2018
A Knoxville motel with a troubled history has been hit with a lawsuit over a gospel singer who was kidnapped, beaten and robbed while staying there, Knoxnews reports. Smyrna-based singer Dennis Humphries was staying at the West Knoxville Motel 6 on June 5 when he was attacked, chased into his room, tied him up in the bathroom and robbed. The lawsuit alleges that hotel security saw the attack and did nothing, and a clerk only called 911 at another guest’s urging but did not go to the room to investigate. The complaint seeks $1 million in damages.

SCOTUS to Take Up Trump Travel Ban

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 19, 2018
The U.S. Supreme Court today announced it would take on the case against the latest version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, which blocks individuals from six majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States, Fox News reports. The court will hear arguments in April and is expected to issue a ruling in June. This version of the ban applies to citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen, as well as North Korea and certain people from Venezuela.

AOC to Launch New Indigent Representation Payment System

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 19, 2018

The Administrative Office of the Courts will modernize its disbursement system for indigent representation payments to attorneys, interpreters, expert witnesses, and investigators in February. The new AOC Claims and Payment (ACAP) system will replace the Indigent Claim Entry (ICE) system and will allow users to more accurately and efficiently input and track claims for payment. The change will affect all attorneys, judges, and court interpreters who use ICE to make or approve claims. Expert witnesses will be added to the ACAP system later in the year. ICE will go offline on Jan. 31 at 4:30 p.m., and ACAP will go live on Feb. 5. All current ICE users will receive an email with their new user ID and log-in on Feb. 5.

Hawkins County Lawyer Censured

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 19, 2018
Yesterday Hawkins County lawyer John Stephen Anderson received a public censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court. A client hired Anderson to represent her in a car accident. Though Anderson filed a lawsuit, he did not timely serve process on the defendant.  For three years, Anderson falsely told his client he was in the process of trying to settle the case. The lawsuit was dismissed by the court. Because Anderson has received prior public discipline for similar conduct during the same time period, he is hereby publicly censured for these violations.|

With Assurances from AG, Lawmaker Pulls Bathroom Bill

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 19, 2018
After its resurrection in the Tennessee General Assembly at the start of the 2018 session, the school “bathroom bill” has been dropped by its sponsor, House Rep. Gerald McCormick, the Times Free Press reports. McCormick said the bill is no longer necessary after he had assurances from state Attorney General Herbert Slatery that he can and will step in with legal aid for school systems facing lawsuits over LGBT access policies. A version of the bill first appeared in 2016, but did not pass.

First Executions Since 2009 Planned for 2018

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 19, 2018
Three death row inmates are scheduled to die in 2018 – the first executions in Tennessee since 2009, The Tennessean reports. The Tennessee Supreme Court confirmed the executions, which will start in May. Two of the inmates have additional avenues for appeal. The first, James Hawkins, a Shelby County man convicted in 2011 of killing the mother of his children, is set to die on May 9.

Arkansas Lawyer Reinstated

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 19, 2018
The Supreme Court of Tennessee reinstated Arkansas attorney Scott Douglas Fletcher to the practice of law yesterday. Fletcher was suspended for a period of five years by order of the Arkansas Supreme Court on Sept. 29, 2011, and his license in Tennessee was subsequently suspended on Feb. 23, 2012.  Fletcher filed a petition for reinstatement, which a hearing panel recommended after determining he possessed the moral qualifications required for admission to practice law in Tennessee, and his resumption of the practice of law would not be detrimental to the integrity and standing of the bar or the administration of justice, and would not be subversive to the public interest.
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