Attorney Michael Kellum of Johnson City, TN; cheater, repeat offender

The state of Tennessee provided Michael D. Kellum with a law license in 1991 after he graduated from the Cumberland School of Law. 

The Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility found Mikey guilty of the following misconduct.

Mikey’s 1^st bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Posed a substantial threat of irreparable harm to the public
• Failed to respond to ethics complaints filed against him (Screw you, said Mikey!)

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Tennessee Supreme Court punished Mikey by gifting him with a complimentary temporary suspension of his law license.

Mikey’s 2^nd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree

• Accepted fees from clients and then neglected to their legal matters
• Failed to act with due diligence (slacker)
• Failed to communicate with clients
• Accepted unearned fees (cheater)
• Failed to terminate representation when required to so act
• Ordered to pay $15,936 to 5 former clients he cheated

As a direct consequence of his misconduct, the cheerleaders for Attorney Misfits sitting on the Tennessee Supreme Court punished Mikey by gifting him with a complimentary 33-month suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. November 2018) Mikey practices at 908 Chase Drive in Johnson City, Tennessee.