In the upcoming August election , the most important election is whether to retain the Tennessee Supreme Court Justices . Why is the retention election important ? The battle over the current members of the Supreme Court is really an attack on our system of judicial fairness. Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey has declared war on the judicial
July 2014
Do Residency Bans Drive Sex Offenders Underground ?
By Rob McKinney on
Posted in Sex Crimes
Steven Yoder recently wrote a article of the same title as this blog post. The central question is do residency bans drive sex offenders underground. Mr. Yoder gives on example where a city in California created a park to drive out 33 registered sex offenders from there homes .Currently , there have been legal challenges…
Does the Attorney-Client Privilege Extend past Death ?
By Rob McKinney on
Posted in Criminal law
Recently , I was faced with a question of whether an attorney-client privilege extends past death . First , I would like to thank the folks at the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility for helping me on this issue.
Rule of Professional Conduct 1.9(c) prohibits a lawyer from revealing information relating to representation of a…