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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
of the
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
LANCE B. BRACY WILLIAM W. HUNT, III
CHIEF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL 1101 KERMIT DRIVE, SUITE 730 CHARLES A. HIGH
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37217 SANDY GARRETT
LAURA L. CHASTAIN
DEPUTY CHIEF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL TELEPHONE: (615) 361-7500 JESSE D. JOSEPH
(800) 486-5714 JAMES A. VICK
BEVERLY P. SHARPE FAX: (615) 367- 2480 THERESA M. COSTONIS
CONSUMER COUNSEL/DIRECTOR E-MAIL: ethics@tbpr.org DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL
RELEASE OF INFORMATION
RE: JOHN THOMAS MARCH, BPR NO. 17648
CONTACT: THERESA M. COSTONIS
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
December 20, 2002
LaFOLLETTE LAWYER SUSPENDED BY SUPREME COURT
By order of the Tennessee Supreme Court entered December 17, 2002, John Thomas March,
formerly a LaFollette attorney now residing in Illinois, was suspended from the practice of law in
this state for a period of two years effective August 31, 2002.
A Petition for Discipline had been filed against Mr. March by the Board of Professional
Responsibility. Mr. March entered into a Conditional Plea of Guilty with the Board of Professional
Responsibility to resolve the Petition for Discipline in exchange for a stated form of discipline. Mr.
March plead guilty to engaging in conduct that involved dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or
misrepresentation, that was prejudicial to the interests of justice and that adversely reflected on his
fitness to practice law, and to depositing funds belonging, in part, to a client into an account which
contained funds belonging to Mr. March, in violation of his obligation to preserve the identify of
funds belonging to a client.
Mr. March agreed and the Court further ordered that Mr. March pay the costs of the
disciplinary proceedings in the amount of $3,250.88 before he can be reinstated and to comply in all
respects with Supreme Court Rule 9 regarding the obligations and responsibilities of suspended
attorneys.
Mr. March may be reinstated to the practice of law at the expiration of the two- year period
only upon filing a Petition for Reinstatement, as required in Section 19 of Supreme Court Rule 9,
and producing clear and convincing evidence that he should be reinstated to the practice of law.
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