Nashville Mayor David Briley has called on lawmakers to pass a red flag law in Tennessee following the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, NewsChannel5 reports. Briley urged the Tennessee House and Senate to pass such a law, which would allows police or family members to petition a state court to order the temporary removal of firearms from a person who may be a danger to others or themselves. Gov. Bill Lee has said these shootings are about mental health and radicalization, and says Tennessee needs to find its own way to protect against this type of attack, but wouldn't say if he supported some type of red flag legislation.

Nashville chapter of the American Constitution Society will soon host a discussion with Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., the former U.S. Solicitor General of the United States, on the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court Term. The event will take place on Sept. 4 at noon at Bass, Berry and Sims in Nashville. Reserve tickets here.

The period to submit an application to join the 2019 class of the TBA's Public Service Academy has been extended to next Thursday, Aug. 15. The Public Service Academy aims to train 25-30 attorneys over two weekends in the fall on the ins-and-outs of running for local public office. Last year's class saw attorneys from across the state receive training on topics like fundraising, messaging, work-life balance and more. For more information or to apply, visit TBAPSA.org.

Twenty-four Tennessee attorneys, 28 out of state attorneys and one international attorney have been suspended by the Tennessee Supreme Court for failing to pay their annual registration fee and/or have not filed a mandatory compliance statement that eligible client funds are held in accounts participating in the Interest on Lawyers’ Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program. Read a full list of suspended attorneys and access all administrative suspensions here.

Effective August 2, the Supreme Court of Tennessee suspended Greene County lawyer Edward Lee Kershaw from the practice of law for a period of four months, with 30 days served on active suspension and the remaining three months to be served on probation. The trial court determined Kershaw made comments toward the court and asked questions of a witness which were intended for no other purpose but to embarrass the witness and disrupt the judicial proceedings; published statements in a local newspaper about the court which Kershaw knew were untrue and were intended to call into question the judge’s qualifications and integrity; and published statements on social media which were made with reckless disregard and called into question the qualifications and integrity of all the judges in Greene County.