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· 5/14/2009

Board of Professional Responsibility v. Allison

Citations

  • 284 S.W.3d 316
  • 2009 Tenn. LEXIS 306
  • 2009 WL 1329017

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • upholding sixty-day suspension, with a one-year period of monitoring, when attorney misappropriated client funds; finding ABA Standard 4.12 to be applicable
  • agreeing with the hearing panel that a sixty-day suspension was appropriate for an attorney with prior disciplinary history
  • \This Court has recognized that a decision not supported by substantial and material evidence qualifies as arbitrary and capricious.\
  • “[T]he American Bar Association’s Standards for Imposing Lawyer Sanctions ... have been adopted by the Board for disciplinary matters.”

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Judges: Justice Sharon G. Lee

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