The Tennessee Supreme Court upheld a 30-day suspension of an attorney for misconduct related to her representation of her boyfriend after he was injured at work.
Case: Board of Professional Responsibility v. Prewitt, No. M2021-01141-SC-R3-BP, 06/06/2022, published.
Facts: In 2012, Candes Vonniest Prewitt was licensed to practice law in Tennessee. In December of that year, she and Demetrius Tucker began an on-and-off romantic relationship.
In 2014, while Tucker was working as a security guard for a Nashville nightclub, a patron shot him. His co-worker, Dionage Harris, was also injured i...
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