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61 Attorneys Suspended for Failure to Pay Annual Fee

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 25, 2019

News Type: BPR Actions

Twenty-four Tennessee attorneys, 36 out-of-state attorneys and one international attorney have been suspended in Tennessee for failing to pay the annual registration fee. Pursuant to Rule 9, Section 10.1, the annual registration fee is due and payable to the Board of Professional Responsibility on or before the first day of the attorney’s birth month of each year. See the full list of suspensions here and see all current and previous administrative suspensions here.

Tennessee Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging Cap on Jury Awards

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 25, 2019

News Type: Tennessee Supreme Court

The state Supreme Court this week agreed to hear a challenge to the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that requires judges to override jury awards in civil lawsuits, Knoxnews reports. The punitive damages cap law was part of the Tennessee Civil Justice Act, a package of legislation passed by the state legislature in 2011 to create a pro-business climate in Tennessee by protecting businesses from hefty damages awards in cases of civil wrongdoing. The case that brought the challenge was one of a California woman who was injured in a shop at the Nashville airport and was awarded $444,500 by a jury to cover costs and $930,000 for pain and suffering. Defense attorneys invoked the state's $750,000 damages cap to deny her the full award.

Hawkins County Lawyer Censured

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 25, 2019

News Type: BPR Actions

Hawkins County lawyer Daniel Graham Boyd was today publicly censured by the Tennessee Supreme Court. On June 22, 2018, the Board of Professional Responsibility filed a petition for discipline alleging that Boyd failed to diligently represent his clients in a boundary line dispute and failed to adequately communicate with them. Boyd entered into a conditional guilty plea admitting that his actions violated the Rules of Professional Conduct. A public censure is a rebuke and warning to the attorney, but it does not affect the attorney’s ability to practice law.

Commission Recommends 3 to Governor for 24th District Court Vacancy

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 25, 2019

News Type: Legal News

After a public hearing and public interviews today, the Trial Vacancy Commission recommended three candidates to Gov. Bill Lee for his consideration to fill the judicial vacancy in the 24th Judicial District Chancery Court, which covers Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Hardin and Henry counties. The three selected candidates are J. Brent Bradberry, Vance Walker Dennis and Jennifer Twyman King. This vacancy was created by the appointment and confirmation of Judge Carma Dennis McGee to the Court of Appeals, Western Section.

Church Sues State Over New Law Barring Online Marriage Officiants

Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jun 25, 2019

News Type: Legal News

The Universal Life Church Monastery is suing Tennessee and four county clerks in an effort to block a new state law that, beginning on July 1, bars any minister who receives an online ordination from solemnizing marriage ceremonies, the Times Free Press reports. The suit asserts that certain provisions of the new law are in direct violation of the First and Fourteenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution in addition to Article 1, Section 3 of the Tennessee Constitution. The lawsuit names Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery and four county clerks whose offices issue marriage licenses, in their official capacities.