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Rep. Johnson to File Legislation to Expel Legislator Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 3, 2019
Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, says she will file a resolution to expel Rep. David Byrd from the General Assembly during the August special legislative session, Knoxnews reports. Byrd, R-Waynesboro, was accused by three women last year of sexually assaulting them when he was their high school basketball coach in the 1980s. He has not publicly denied the allegations, but said he has done nothing wrong since being elected to the legislature in 2014. The special legislative session was called by Gov. Bill Lee to replace Rep. Glen Casada, R-Franklin, as House Speaker.

Memphis Hospital Temporarily Ceases Legal Actions Against Patients Who Owe Medical Bills

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 3, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Methodist LeBonheur, the largest hospital system in Shelby County, is suspending legal actions against former patients who still owe medical bills after recent investigations showed that many of those patients were the hospital's own employees, the Commercial Appeal reports. Public pressure accumulated after the report revealed how the hospital system uses the courts to garnish wages from people who make too little to consistently pay off thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, in hospital bills. The hospital system also said the next 30 days would serve as a review period of their policies and procedures.

TBA Offices Closed for Independence Day

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 3, 2019
The Tennessee Bar Association offices will be closed tomorrow, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. The office will reopen on Friday at 8:30 a.m.

Tennessee FastTrack in Memphis on Aug. 2

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 2, 2019
News Type: TBA CLE
Don't miss this opportunity to register and plan for 15 hours of CLE in one day. This annual program offers tips and updates in diverse areas of law, designed to be relevant to a wide range of practice areas. The program will provide you with seven hours of live general credit and eight prepaid credits to complete online anytime — at home or on your mobile device; allowing you to customize your learning to your schedule and fulfill all your Tennessee CLE requirements for the year. Register now for the Aug. 2 Memphis program. Also watch for upcoming FastTrack programs in Nashville and Knoxville.

Tennessee Reaches $58 Million Agreement with LexisNexis Over Resold Crash Data

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 2, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Attorney General Herbert Slatery and local law enforcement agencies announced a settlement with LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. and several affiliates. The agreement – which also was executed by the State of Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, as well as the city of Baltimore – resolves claims that LexisNexis underpaid certain fees associated with the purchase and resale of automobile crash reports and related crash data, which are owed to state and local law enforcement agencies by contract. LexisNexis must pay $5,811,708. Tennessee and local law enforcement agencies will recover $1,122,822.

3 Lawyers Reinstated

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 2, 2019
News Type: BPR Actions
The Tennessee Supreme Court recently reinstated the licenses of three attorneys who were placed on inactive status more than five years ago. Madison County lawyer Edward Glenn Bryant was reinstated on April 26. Hamilton County lawyer Steven M. Hodges was reinstated on June 5. And Shelby County lawyer Tamara B. McKinnon was reinstated on June 6.

TSC Upholds Chancery Court's Disbarment of Knox Attorney

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 2, 2019
The Tennessee Supreme Court today upheld a Chancery Court decision that disbarred Knoxville attorney Loring Edwin Justice. Justice’s disbarment stemmed from a federal personal injury lawsuit. He falsely claimed work done by a paralegal as his own, he falsely claimed that he had kept contemporaneous time records on the case, and he requested “grossly exaggerated and unreasonable” attorney’s fees. The Board of Professional Responsibility suspended Justice for a year, but the Chancery Court modified it to a disbarment on appeal.

Bass Berry & Sims Launches Higher Education Practice Group

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 2, 2019
News Type: Legal News
Bass, Berry & Sims has announced the formation of a Higher Education Practice Group with the addition of former Vanderbilt University General Counsel Audrey Anderson. As chair of the group, Anderson will lead a multidisciplinary team of attorneys in a range of legal matters for academic institutions. Anderson will practice in the firm’s Nashville and Washington, D.C. offices. Prior to joining the firm, she served as Vice Chancellor, General Counsel and University Secretary for Vanderbilt for more than five years.

Shelby County Lawyer Censured

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 2, 2019
News Type: BPR Actions
Shelby County lawyer Summer M. Rhoden on Monday received a public censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Rhoden’s son was charged with first-degree murder on July 6, 2017. He appeared at her home that afternoon, and she failed to contact law enforcement or facilitate his surrender until the following morning. Rhoden was charged as an accessory after the fact as a result of this delay. Rhoden pled guilty on March 8 to a reduced misdemeanor charge of criminal attempt.

Rutherford County Lawyer Censured

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jul 2, 2019
News Type: BPR Actions
Rutherford County lawyer James Radford Smith on Monday received a public censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Smith agreed to represent a client in a pending petition for post-conviction relief. Smith failed to obtain consent from his client before accepting fees from a third party and did not maintain good communication with his client throughout the representation. After entering appearance in the action, Smith failed to file an amended petition by the deadline prescribed by the court and filed an untimely appeal after the petition was denied. After completing the representation but still in possession of the client file, Smith decided to close his law office. The client file was inadvertently destroyed by the moving company hired by Smith in connection with the closure of his law office due to his failure to specify the client files and other office documents that needed to be preserved.
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