BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (2008)
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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
of the
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
1101 KERMIT DRIVE, SUITE 730
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37217
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RELEASE OF INFORMATION
IN RE: JAMES S. EVANS, BPR #10433
CONTACT: DR. WILLIAM W. HUNT, III
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
April 9, 2008
FORMER KNOXVILLE ATTORNEY REINSTATED AND RE-SUSPENDED
Several years ago, upon petition by James S. Evans who last practiced law in Knoxville, the Supreme
Court transferred his law license to Disability Inactive Status. (Mr. Evans now resides in Florida.) Pursuant to
Rule 9, Rules of the Supreme Court, this transfer prevented any prosecution of complaints against Mr. Evans
until his law license was reinstated.
On August 25, 2006, Mr. Evans filed a petition for reinstatement of his law license. A hearing before a
hearing panel was held and the hearing panel recommended that Mr. Evansâ law license be transferred from
Disability Inactive Status, subject to certain conditions. The Supreme Court approved this decision on April 3,
2008.
Both the Hearing Panelâs recommendation and the Supreme Courtâs order required that Mr. Evanâs law
license be suspended for five (5) years upon the transfer of his law license to active status. The Panel and the
Court agreed to allow the suspension to be retroactive to the date when his law license was transferred to
Disability Inactive Status (July 8, 1997). This suspension involved charges of illegal drugs and thefts of client
monies. Mr. Evans agreed to this five year suspension.
Mr. Evans cannot be reinstated from the disciplinary suspension until he has another hearing, in which
he has the burden of proving that his law license be reinstated from the disciplinary suspension. The Court
required that in order for Mr. Evans to return to the practice of law, he must successfully complete either the
Florida bar examination or the written portion of the Tennessee bar examination. Upon reinstatement from the
disciplinary suspension, he is also required to be monitored by a supervising attorney.
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