Bloomberg Law
Sept. 23, 2019, 7:31 PM UTC

Tennessee Attorney Disbarred for Mishandling Sorority Funds

Melissa Heelan Stanzione
Melissa Heelan Stanzione
Reporter

The Tennessee Supreme Court confirmed the disbarment of an attorney who committed bank fraud by scamming her college sorority.

The state high court upheld a 2017 disciplinary board finding that Jennifer Elizabeth Meehan be disbarred, rejecting a state trial court ruling that the board’s decision was arbitrary and that a five-year suspension was warranted.

The supreme court found that the trial court “erred by substituting its judgment for that of the hearing panel” regarding the weight of the evidence.

Meehan pleaded guilty in 2015 to bank fraud for her actions while serving as president of the University of Alabama’s Gamma ...

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