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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
RE: KEVIN SHALOM TERRY, BPR NO. 15267
CONTACT: JAMES A. VICK
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
(615) 361-7500
January 30, 2008
NASHVILLE LAWYER REINSTATED BY SUPREME COURT
By Order of the Supreme Court entered December 4, 2007, Kevin Shalom Terry was reinstated to the
practice of law. An Order which had been entered by the Supreme Court on August 1, 2006, provided that Mr.
Terry would be reinstated to the practice of law, on the conditions that Mr. Terry: 1) take and successfully
complete 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) 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 and other conditions. 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..." 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. Mr. Terry took and successfully completed the essay portion of the February, 2007,
bar examination and complied with the remaining conditions of the August 1, 2006, Order.
Terry R156-5 rel.doc
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