Tennessee Candidate Calls for Reform of Ethics Board
Knoxville, Tennessee, 14th November 2025, ZEX PR WIRE, Elliott Schuchardt, a candidate for the Tennessee General Assembly, is calling for reform of the state board that regulates lawyers.
In 1975, Tennessee established a Board of Professional Responsibility to enforce the rules of ethics in the legal profession. Schuchardt contends that the board is straying from its purpose.
According to Schuchardt, the Board is filing ethics cases against political candidates in Tennessee. Schuchardt has a list of more than fifty candidates attacked by the Board. Many of these people were running for office against sitting judges. Others were running for higher office. According to Schuchardt, the Board has filed ethics cases against two candidates for President of the United States, two candidates...
