BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (2009)
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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
1101 KERMIT DRIVE, SUITE 730
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37217
TELEPHONE: (615) 361-7500
(800) 486-5714
FAX: (615) 367-2480
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RELEASE OF INFORMATION
DAVID J. JOHNSON, BPR# 4595
CONTACT: KRISANN HODGES
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
May 29, 2009
MEMPHIS LAWYER SUSPENDED
On May 22, 2009, the Tennessee Supreme Court suspended David J. Johnson, of Memphis, Tennessee,
for six (6) months with all time to be served on probation subject to several conditions. Mr. Johnson must
perform one hundred (100) hours pro bono service and attend an additional three (3) hours continuing legal
education in ethics and professionalism prior to the expiration of the probationary period. Further, Mr. Johnson
is ordered to pay the Boardâs costs in this matter within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the entry of the
Order.
The Board of Professional Responsibility filed a Petition for Discipline against Mr. Johnson on January
28, 2000, alleging that Mr. Johnson exercised a lack of diligence involving an investment scheme perpetrated
by a former client. Mr. Johnson did not represent the former client during the operation of the scheme;
however, he did serve as a signatory to accounts the client used to pay investors. The culmination of negligence
and lack of diligence by Mr. Johnson adversely reflects on his fitness to practice law. Mr. Johnson entered into
a Conditional Guilty Plea which was approved by the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Mr. Johnsonâs actions violate the Disciplinary Rule 1-102(A)(6), Misconduct.
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