Nashville, Tenn. – The Tennessee Supreme Court held today in Robin M. McNabb v. Gregory H. Harrison, that Tennessee’s Constitution requires municipal judges to reside in the city where they will be assigned. Here, the candidate elected as Lenoir City Municipal Judge did not satisfy the constitutional residency requirement. In 2022, Ms. Robin McNabb, Mr. Gregory Harrison, and a third candidate ran for Lenoir City Municipal Court judge. Mr. Harrison won the election, and the Loudon County Election Commission certified the results. Ms. McNabb challenged the results, arguing Mr. Harrison did not meet the residency requirement under the…
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Nashville, Tenn – The Tennessee Supreme Court upheld the decision of a Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility hearing panel disbarring a Davidson County attorney for three criminal convictions. The criminal convictions arise from the attorney’s conduct in representing a client in post-divorce proceedings. Robert Allen Doll, III, practiced family law in Tennessee. In 2013, one of his clients expressed concerns about her children’s safety during visitations with her ex-husband. An emergency petition was filed in the Williamson County domestic relations court to prevent the client’s ex-husband from exercising his visitation. Attached to the petition was an oath containing what appeared to…