Yesterday, the Tennessee Supreme Court ordered a six-month suspension of an attorney for misconduct in two matters.

The attorney represented the husband in a divorce case. the client’s “only significant pre-marital asset consisted of an assortment of sports cards and a collection of ‘Transformer’ memorabilia” which the client claimed were in his wife’s possession. She denied it.

The attorney called the wife a “liar and a thief” at her deposition and asked her if English was her “native language.”

After the divorce, the attorney flied a replevin action seeking the cards and Transformers or $1 million in damages. The attorney filed a notice of lien les pendens that was declared void.