NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Amid a harsh economy, more Tennessee lawyers are being disciplined for stealing or misusing client funds.
Officials with the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility, which disciplines lawyers, say there also has been a rise in the number of lawyers who are abandoning their law practices and taking client money with them.
TBPR figures show that the number of lawyers disciplined for having overdrafts in their trust accounts has nearly doubled in the last five years. And there has been an increase in the number of lawyers being disbarred. The public can go to the TBPR website to check to see if a lawyer has been disciplined in the past or if there is pending disciplinary action.
What should happen to lawyers who break the law?
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they should get the same treatment as a common citizen
ReplyDeleteThey should face harsh consiquences, for stealing someone in need's money.
ReplyDeleteThey Aint No Betta Than Anybody Else , They Should Get In Trouble Like Anybody Else Would .
ReplyDeleteThey shouldn't have done that. How can someone who stands up for the law and then end break those laws.
ReplyDeleteI think that they should be punished
ReplyDeleteYou RIGHT! They should be punished. I mean I pay you to help me, NOT buy your groceries. Yea punish them! Each one. Teach one!
ReplyDeletethey should be charged the same as any one else
ReplyDeleteYes ! They Need To Be Punished ! Of Coursed
ReplyDeleteI think they should get a fine and have to back the funds the stole.Or if its a lot of money they should stop them from making anymore crimes like take away there right to be a lawyer
ReplyDeleteThey should get- a serious punishment
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