Disbarment For Billing Misconduct In Court-Appointed Cases

The Tennessee Supreme Court has disbarred an attorney who

accepted appointments to represent indigent defendants for several years in which he failed to keep contemporaneous time records; billed for out of court time as if it were in court time; and billed for the full amount of time he was in court for each case even when appearing on multiple cases during one hearing rather than prorating his time.

The attorney failed to answer the charges and did not appear for the disciplinary hearing. (Mike Frisch)