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Posted by: BPR Reports on Jun 1, 2013

Censured

Knoxville assistant district attorney Ta Kisha Fitzgerald received a public censure on April 16 for failing to timely disclose to opposing counsel the existence of letters and phone calls from a defendant. Fitzgerald submitted a conditional guilty plea acknowledging violations of Rules 3.4(d), 3.8(d) and 8.4(a) and (d) of the Rules of Professional Conduct.

Posted by: BPR Reports on May 1, 2013

REINSTATED

James Holt Walker was reinstated to the practice of law on March 19 after complying with Supreme Court Rule 21, which requires mandatory continuing legal education. Walker, a lawyer in Hixson, was suspended on Jan. 29, 2002.

Posted by: BPR Reports on Apr 1, 2013

INACTIVE

Disability Inactive
The law license of Hamilton County lawyer Jeffrey A. Stinnett was transferred to disability inactive status on March 1 pursuant to Section 21 of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9. Stinnett may not practice law while on inactive status, but he may petition the court for reinstatement by providing clear and convincing evidence that the disability has been removed and he is fit to resume the practice of law.

Posted by: BPR Reports on Mar 1, 2013

Administrative Suspensions Now Online

Notice of attorneys suspended for, and reinstated from, administrative violations — including failure to pay the Board of Professional Responsibility fee, file the IOLTA report, comply with continuing legal education requirements and pay the Tennessee professional privilege tax — is now available exclusively on the TBA website. Visit https://www.tba.org/directory-listing/administrative-suspension-lists to see administrative suspensions imposed since 2006.

Posted by: BPR Reports on Feb 1, 2013

REINSTATED

The following attorneys have been reinstated to the practice of law after complying with Tenn. Code Ann. 67-4-1702 and Supreme Court Rule 9, Section 32, which requires the payment of an annual professional privilege tax to the Tennessee Department of Revenue:
Kahliel Robert Barlowe, Nashville
John Bernard Bartels, Memphis
Johnnie Raymond Candy, Collierville
Scott David Johnannessen, Nashville
William Shawn Lynch, Memphis

Posted by: BPR Reports on Jan 1, 2013

REACTIVATED

The following attorneys returned to the active practice of law during the month of November: James Walter McDonnell Jr., Memphis and C. Allen Yates, Lawrenceville, Ga.

Posted by: BPR Reports on Dec 1, 2012

REINSTATED

The following attorneys have been reinstated to the practice of law after complying with Supreme Court Rule 21, which requires mandatory continuing legal education: William David Cheek, Memphis; James Richard Golden, Pineville, Ky.; David R. Huggins, Memphis; Matthew Charles O’Connell, Cleveland, Ohio; Jesse Wadell Wainwright, Houston, Texas.

Posted by: BPR Reports on Nov 1, 2012

CORRECTION

The October 2012 issue of the Tennessee Bar Journal listed Sally Jo Helm of Knoxville as being suspended for failure to comply with continuing legal education requirements. Helm died in November 2011 and was inadvertently included on the list by the CLE Commission.

Posted by: BPR Reports on Oct 1, 2012

REINSTATED

The following attorneys have been reinstated to the practice of law after complying with Section 20 of Supreme Court Rule 9, which requires the payment of annual registration fees to the Board of Professional Responsibility:
Pat Huddleston II, Kennesaw, Ga.
Harry Boyd McNutt, Nashville
Nathan Scott Moore, Mt. Juliet
Tamanna Qureshi, Morocco

Posted by: BPR Reports on Sep 1, 2012

Reinstated

The following attorneys have been reinstated to the practice of law after complying with Supreme Court Rule 21, which requires mandatory continuing legal education:
Oscar Lee Malone III, Cordova
Thomas Summers McNiel, Nashville
Hugh Parmenas Taylor, White Pine


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