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Shelby County Lawyer Censured

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 5, 2017
Samuel Jones of Shelby County was publicly censured by the Tennessee Supreme Court on June 30. Jones was found to have acted improperly in the representation of two clients in Bankruptcy Court by accepting fees without court approval and failing to deposit them into his trust account. He also failed to meet certain filing deadlines.

Lipscomb Seeking Volunteers for Free Legal Clinic Next Week

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 5, 2017

The Fred D. Gray Institute for Law, Justice and Society at Lipscomb University will host a free legal clinic at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Schrader Lane Church of Christ, 1234 Schrader Lane in Nashville, and attorneys are needed to volunteer. Those who are available should contact Randy Spivey.

Volunteers Needed for Upcoming Expungement Clinics in Memphis, Paris

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 5, 2017
The TBA Young Lawyers Division is seeking volunteers for upcoming expungement clinics in Memphis and Henry County. The clinic in Memphis will be held on July 29 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Bloomfield Full Gospel Baptist Church, located at 123 South Parkway West. The second clinic will be on Aug. 12 at the Henry County Courthouse, 101 E Washington Street in Paris, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Those interested in volunteering should contact Amber Floyd at (901) 537-1054.

Study Finds ‘Astonishing’ Drop in Win Rates for Federal Plaintiffs

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 5, 2017
Success rates for plaintiffs in adjudicated federal cases declined from 70 percent in 1985 to 33 percent in 2009, according to a study by two University of Connecticut law professors, the ABA Journal reports. The professors say they can’t point to a single reason for the “astonishing” drop. “What our results show is that there’s a need to study the court system to understand what happens in the aggregate,” Lahav said. “There are systemic things going on.”

Suit Claims UT Football Coach Owes Penn State $900k

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 5, 2017
Penn State has filed a lawsuit against University of Tennessee football defensive coordinator Bob Shoop alleging breach of contract and claiming he owes $891,856 under terms of his contract, the Nashville Post reports. Shoop worked for two seasons at Penn State before defecting to join Vols coach Butch Jones in 2015. A clause in Shoop’s contract stated that if he resigned before February 2018, he had to pay damages to Penn State.

State Files Petition to TSC Over Argentine Attorney’s Fight to Take Bar Exam

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 5, 2017
Both the state’s Board of Law Examiners and Maximiliano Gabriel Gluzman, an Argentine attorney requesting to take the Tennessee Bar Exam, have submitted petitions to the Tennessee Supreme Court in advance of an expected ruling on the dispute, the Nashville Post reports. Gluzman, who practiced law in his home country for more than a decade and recently graduated from the Vanderbilt Law LL.M. program, has been fighting for the chance to take the Bar after he was denied in February 2016. The state’s petition claims that practicing law is a privilege and not a right, and casts doubt on Gluzman’s “basic legal education.”

Hargrove Elected President of Public Defenders Conference

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 5, 2017
Seventeenth District Public Defender Donna Orr Hargrove has been elected president of the Public Defenders' Conference for 2017-2018, the Elk Valley Times reports. As president, she will be the principal executive officer responsible for supervising and controlling the business and affairs of the group, as well as assisting in advising the General Assembly on legislation to improve the criminal justice system. Hargrove is a graduate of the Nashville School of Law and currently serves a district that includes Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall and Moore counties.

Wayne County Lawyer Suspended

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 3, 2017
On June 30, Wayne County lawyer John Wilbur Castleman, Jr. was suspended from the practice of law for one year and one day. Castleman was administratively suspended on July 16, 2015, for noncompliance with the mandatory IOLTA reporting requirement and non-payment of the annual registration fee. In July 2015, Castleman was paid a $500 refundable retainer by a client, but he did not deposit the retainer to his trust account or refund the unearned fee to the client.  After learning of his suspension, Castleman met with the client in order to prepare for a hearing, but he did not notify his clients of his suspension. Instead, he wrote a number of his clients a misleading letter in an effort to explain his absence from the office without advising them of his suspension

Davidson County Lawyer Disbarred

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 3, 2017
On June 30, Davidson County lawyer Thomas Holland McKinnie was disbarred by the Tennessee Supreme Court. In September of 2016, McKennie was accused of misappropriating funds from a trust he prepared for the benefit of a minor child. McKinnie wrote checks to himself from the trust account in the total amount of $196,469.05.  He closed the trust account on October 9, 2014, after the funds had been depleted.  In January of 2015, McKinnie failed to pay the school tuition beneficiary, which resulted in the termination of the child’s enrollment. McKinnie did not file a response, and a default judgment was entered against him.

Senate Caucus Chair Ketron to Seek County Mayor Office, Two Announce Bids to Replace Him

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 3, 2017
State Senate Republican Caucus Chairman Bill Ketron will not seek reelection next year and will instead run for Rutherford County mayor, Humphrey on the Hill reports. Current Rutherford County Mayor Ernest Burgess and state Rep. Dawn White said they will seek the Republican nomination to replace Ketron as the senator from the 13th district.
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