BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (2018)
Archived Content: This document is formally archived for historical reference. The original PDF remains the official record for legal purposes.
Need help? Please use the Assistance Request Form below.
Original PDF Document
Download Official Record (barry-2332-0-rel.pdf)
Alternative Accessible HTML
Accessible Alternative: This HTML version is an automatically processed accessible alternative. While it provides a searchable format, the text extraction may contain formatting or character errors. The original PDF remains the authoritative official record.
Need a different format? Use the Request Assistance Form.
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
10 CADILLAC DRIVE, SUITE 220
BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE 37027
TELEPHONE: (615) 361-7500
(800) 486-5714
FAX: (615) 367-2480
E-MAIL: ethics@tbpr.org
Website: www.tbpr.org
RELEASE OF INFORMATION
RE: ROBIN K. BARRY, BPR #21843
CONTACT: WILLIAM C. MOODY
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
February 16, 2018
FORMER DAVIDSON COUNTY LAWYER DISBARRED
On February 16, 2018, Robin K. Barry, formerly of Nashville, Tennessee, and now of Richmond, Texas,
was disbarred from the practice of law by Order of the Tennessee Supreme Court effective February 26, 2018.
Ms. Barry must pay the Boardâs costs and expenses and the court costs.
Ms. Barry received $100,000 of client funds pending the resolution of her clientâs lawsuit. A hearing
panel found that she knowingly converted over $14,000 of those funds while they were being held in her trust
account. In addition, she commingled her personal funds in the trust account in order to replace the funds she
converted. While the case was pending, Ms. Barry moved to Texas and began practicing law there but failed to
tell her client that she had moved. She avoided her clientâs efforts to communicate with her, and misled her in
an effort to conceal the fact that the balance of the funds that should have remained after the conclusion of the
lawsuit was missing from her trust account. Ms. Barryâs ethical misconduct violated Tennessee Rules of
Professional Conduct 1.4, Communication; 1.15(a) and (d), Safekeeping Property and Funds; and 8.4(a) and (c),
Misconduct.
A hearing panel recommended an eighteen-month suspension, with sixty days active suspension and the
remainder on probation. The Board appealed to Chancery Court which reversed and modified the Hearing
Panel decision and imposed disbarment. Ms. Barry appealed to the Supreme Court which affirmed the decision
of the Chancery Court. The Supreme Court found that the disbarment should be prospective and not be
imposed retroactively to the date of Ms. Barryâs temporary suspension.
Ms. Barry must comply with the requirements of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9, Sections 18 (2006)
and 30 (2014), regarding the obligations and responsibilities of disbarred attorneys.
Barry 2332-0 rel.doc