Suspension Starts When Imprisonment Ends

The Tennessee Supreme Court Court has ordered an attorney's license suspended for five years "beginning immediately upon [his] release from prison." The attorney was convicted of false imprisonment, aggravated burglary, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon, prescrition frug fraud, forgery and identity theft.

The attorney accepted the sanction. The Board of Professional Responsibility will institute a proceeding to determine final discipline. (Mike Frisch)