A Ten Year Suspension
Disciplinary action of the Tennessee Supreme Court
Effective February 24, 2025, the Supreme Court of Tennessee suspended Aaron Anthony Neglia from the practice of law for ten (10) years following a de novo review pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 9, Section 15.4(c), of a ten (10) year suspension imposed by a Hearing Panel.
On June 9, 2022, the Supreme Court entered an order suspending Mr. Neglia and referred him back to the Board to institute formal proceedings. Mr. Neglia pleaded guilty in two felony cases and was sentenced in the Shelby County Criminal Court for bribery of a public servant and in the U.S. District Court for conspiracy to violate the Travel Act. On July 19, 2022, the Board filed a Petition for Final Discipline pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 9, Section 22.3, to institute formal proceedings on the extent of the sanction to be imposed for his crimes. The Hearing Panel found that Mr. Neglia’s conduct violated the Tennessee Rules of Professional 8.4(a), (b), (c), and (d) (misconduct) and imposed a ten (10) year suspension. The Supreme Court entered an Order under Rule 9, Section 15.4 (c), on November 18, 2024, proposing to increase the sanction to disbarment and requesting filing of the record and briefs from the parties. Following de novo review on the briefs and the record, the Court concurred with the recommendation of the Hearing Panels to impose a ten (10) year suspension, and granted Mr. Neglia one hundred, twenty-four (124) days credit towards his term of suspension.
The Daily Memphian reported
Two former attorneys have been sentenced to prison by a federal judge for selling and soliciting accident report information.
Between February 2017 and October 2020, Glenda Adams, a former Shelby County Assistant District Attorney, sold Aaron Neglia, a personal injury lawyer, traffic accident report information.
Neglia used the report information to solicit accident victims and offer them legal representation.
Adams received more than $40,000 but less than $95,000, according to court records.
Neglia was sentenced to 12 months and one day with one year of supervised release. Adams was sentenced to 30 months in prison with three years of supervised release.
Neglia pleaded guilty March 11 to conspiracy to violate the federal statute known as the Travel Act, according to court records.
Adams pleaded guilty Feb. 23. She was fired from her job with the District Attorney’s Office in October 2020.
After legislators received complaints from traffic accident victims about solicitation calls, they aimed to reduce the solicitations by changing state laws.
State Rep. Jason Powell, D-Nashville, and state Sen. Becky Massey, R-Knoxville, filed bills to make the information from traffic accidents private.
The legislation passed in 2019, making personal information including names, addresses, phone numbers and driver’s license numbers from traffic accident reports private and available only to those involved in the cases.
Adams’ law license was suspended Feb. 16, according to the Tennessee Supreme Court Board of Professional Responsibility.
Neglia’s law license was suspended June 9.
(Mike Frisch)