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Federal Court Upholds Fine for Lawyer Who Refused to Deliver Yes-or-No Answer

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 9, 2017
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a $500 fine imposed on an assistant public defender who refused a judge’s request for a yes-or-no answer to a question, the ABA Journal reports. The New Orleans-based federal court found that U.S. District Judge John McBryde didn’t abuse his discretion when he imposed the fine, after attorney William Hermesmeyer refused to clarify his answer to a judge’s question.

Grant Applications Now Being Accepted for SeniorTrust/Elder Trust Settlement Funds

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 8, 2017
After $35 million in funds were made available from two cases settled in Davidson County Chancery Court, the grant submission process for those funds is now ready to begin. The funds must be utilized on a statewide basis with local impacts in addressing four specific senior issues in Tennessee: affordable senior housing, senior dental, senior transportation and legal assistance for seniors. The deadline to submit applications is July 31, 2017. Find the application materials here.

TBI, DA Call for Clemmons Investigation to be Made Public

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 8, 2017
TBI Director Mark Gwyn and Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk have asked the Davidson County Chancery Court to release to the public the investigation into the deadly shooting of East Nashville man Jocques Clemmons by a Metro Nashville police officer, WSMV reports. The petition was filed on Friday, and claims it is in the best interest of the public that the file be made available.

Services Saturday for Kingsport Attorney

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 8, 2017
Kingsport lawyer William "Bill" Wray died on Friday. He was 68. Wray was born in Sullivan County, and graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law in 1971. He worked at Hunter, Smith, and Davis for 28 years before opening The Wray Law Firm in 2005. A memorial service will be held on Saturday at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, with the family receiving friends following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Holston United Methodist Home for Children, P.O. Box 188, Greeneville, Tennessee, 37743.

Services May 13 for Nashville Lawyer

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 8, 2017
Longtime Nashville attorney Frank J. Scanlon died on April 22. He was 70. Scanlon moved to Nashville in 1975, and served for 12 years in the Attorney General’s Office, where he started the Environmental Enforcement Division. He represented Tennessee twice in the U.S. Supreme Court. He participated in the medical licensing case of Dr. George C. Nichopoulos, the attending physician to Elvis Presley, and was interviewed for several books about Presley. The family will receive family and friends on May 13 in the West Wing of the parish center of Christ The King Catholic Church at 10 a.m., eulogy at 11 a.m. and the funeral mass to follow at 11:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Nashville Humane Association, the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee or the YMCA of Middle of Tennessee.

ABA Expresses Concerns to DHS of Border Searches of Attorneys’ Electronics

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 8, 2017
ABA President Linda Klein sent a letter Friday to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expressing concerns over standards that permit border patrol officers to search the content of lawyers’ electronic devices at U.S. border crossings without any showing of reasonable suspicion. “Just as border security is fundamental to national security, so too is the principle of client confidentiality fundamental to the American legal system,” Klein wrote.

Trump Names Nominees to Lower Courts

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 8, 2017
President Donald Trump nominated 10 lawyers to federal courts today, including two which were on his list of potential Supreme Court justices prior to his selection of Justice Neil Gorsuch, USA Today reports. Those two are Joan Larsen, a Michigan Supreme Court justice, who was nominated to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, and David Stras, a Minnesota Supreme Court justice, who was nominated to the 8th Circuit. Three judges were named to other federal appeals courts, four were named to district courts and one to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. The nominees were praised by conservative legal activists.

Moreland Received Campaign Donation from Father of Leigh Terry

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 8, 2017
The father of Leigh Terry, a woman at the center of the controversy surrounding former Nashville General Sessions judge Casey Moreland, donated to Moreland’s reelection campaign just days after Terry was in court on a DUI charge, the Tennessean reports. Terry never served jail time for her DUI, and allegedly carried on a sexual relationship with Moreland. The father, Dr. Richard Terry, said he does not remember why he gave $1,000 to Moreland.

Suit Challenges New ‘Natural and Ordinary Meaning’ Law

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 8, 2017
Just four days after Gov. Bill Haslam signed it into law, the legislation which requires undefined terms in state law to be interpreted with their “natural and ordinary meaning” is facing a lawsuit, the Tennessean reports. Four same-sex couples filed suit in Davidson County Chancery Court today, naming the governor, Tennessee Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner and the Tennessee Department of Health as defendants. Each of the couples have conceived a child via a sperm donor, and are concerned that the new law could threaten their parental rights.

Knox County Lawyer Placed on Disability Inactive Status

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on May 8, 2017
The law license of Knox County lawyer Pamela K. Kelly was transferred to disability inactive status today. Kelly cannot practice law while on disability inactive status, but may return after showing clear evidence that the disability has been removed.
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