Partners of a Tennessee law firm apparently didn’t immediately notice that a bookkeeper allegedly was issuing herself five-figure checks from an escrow account.
A Nashville, Tenn., lawyer hired to recover money siphoned from a child-care program for poor children has been charged with misappropriating more than $100,000.
Possibly tens of thousands of homes have been used to make methamphetamine, causing health problems and financial worries for new owners and unsuspecting landlords.
A law firm in Chattanooga, Tenn., has been sued for $2 million by a man who says one of its lawyers tried to use improperly intercepted e-mail in a divorce…
Updated: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings fell victim to a sophisticated debt collection scam, to the tune of more than $400,000. But its quick reporting of the crime has led to…
Tennessee attorney Chris Cawood arrived with a client law enforcement officer at the Roane County Courthouse this morning for a trial that was to determine whether Mark Patton would remain…
In a 7-2 opinion Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the government should pay federally appointed lawyers for working on state clemency requests for death row inmates.
It was a standard legal representation up to the point of receiving a $4,000 settlement check in a homeowner’s insurance case, according to two clients of Shelbyville, Tenn., attorney Burt…
Women and minorities are still underrepresented on the state trial and appellate court bench, regardless whether the judges are elected or appointed to their positions.
A lesbian mother of two is asking a Tennessee appellate court to remove a “paramour” clause in her child custody agreement that prevents her longtime partner from staying the night.
A neurologist who testified on behalf of a Tennessee woman convicted of killing a romantic rival says every killer he has ever examined shares three characteristics—and one of them is…
Two southern law firms based in Birmingham, Ala., and Nashville, Tenn., announced today they would merge to create a 350-lawyer firm with offices in four “strategic” states.
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