WGNS now has more news on the former attorney for Rutherford County government. Reports from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee has officially suspended Jim Cope from the practice of law until further notice. The suspension was approved on October 25, 2016.
You may recall last week that Cope, who was the former lead director of Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc. ("Pinnacle"), pleaded guilty Friday (10/21/2016) to insider trading in connection with Pinnacle's 2016 acquisition of Avenue Financial Holdings Inc. ("Avenue"), announced Jack Smith, Acting U.S. Attorney for the administration of this case.
67 Year old Cope was suspended from practicing law based upon his plea of guilty to the serious crime of insider trading.
On Thursday of last week (10/20/2016), Cope sent his letter of resignation to County Mayor Ernest Burgess stating that he will no longer serve as chief counsel for Rutherford County government, a position he has held for more than three-decades.
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