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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
of the
SUPREME COURT OF
1101 KERMIT DRIVE, SUITE 730
TENNESSEE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37217
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RELEASE OF INFORMATION
RE: KEVIN SHALOM TERRY, BPR NO. 15267
CONTACT: JAMES A. VICK
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
(615) 361-7500
August 4, 2006
NASHVILLE LAWYER REINSTATED BY SUPREME COURT
By Order of the Supreme Court entered August 1, 2006, Kevin Shalom Terry will be
reinstated to the practice of law, on the conditions that Mr. Terry: 1) take and successfully
completed the essay portion of the bar examination; 2) practice for one year in a group practice
setting approved by the Board of Professional Responsibility; 3) comply with a contract which
he entered with the Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program for a term of five years on October
21, 2003; and 4) enter into and strictly comply with a law practice monitoring/mentoring
agreement approved by the Board of Professional Responsibility for a period of three years from
the date of Mr. Terry's reinstatement. Mr. Terry had been suspended from the practice of law for
eighteen months by Order of the Supreme Court filed June 5, 2000. On January 19, 2005, Mr.
Terry filed a Petition to Reinstate. On May 23, 2005, a Hearing Panel of the Board of
Professional Responsibility conducted a hearing on the Petition. By Findings and Decision of
the Hearing Panel filed on June 9, 2005, the Hearing Panel found that Mr. Terry had carried his
burden of proving all the requirements for reinstatement except the required learning and
competency in the law and that Mr. Terry should be reinstated upon passing the bar examination
and other conditions. On August 5, 2005, Mr. Terry filed a Writ of Certiorari to the Chancery
Court for Davidson County seeking review of the Findings and Decision of the Hearing Panel.
A hearing was conducted before the Chancery Court on December 15, 2005. By Order filed on
May 31, 2006, the Chancery Court affirmed the Hearing Panel's decision "in all things," except
Mr. Terry "...shall only be required to take and pass the essay portion of the bar examination..."
Neither Mr. Terry nor the Board of Professional Responsibility sought appeal of the Chancery
Court's Order. Mr. Terry was also ordered to reimburse the Board of Professional Responsibility
and the Supreme Court the costs and expenses of the proceeding as a condition to reinstatement.
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