On Friday, October 7, 2022, the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee published the information on Respondent Isaiah Skip Gant’s Public Censure in relation to charges for attorney discipline filed against him.

The case titled In Re: Isaiah Skip Grant was brought by the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee.

The charges cited violation of the Tenessee Rules of Professional Conduct specifically Rules 1.4 (communication), 1.6 (confidentiality), 1.7 (conflict of interest), 3.5 (impartiality of the tribunal, 8.3 (reporting professional misconduct), and 8.4(d) (prejudice to the administration of justice). 

According to the filing:

“Mr. Gant represented a criminal defendant who was convicted of the crimes with which he was charged. After the conviction of his client, Mr. Gant spoke with attorneys for another defendant charged with related crimes, and Mr. Gant told those attorneys that their client was innocent of the charges. This implied that Mr. Gant’s client was not innocent. While a motion for new trial was pending for his own client, Mr. Gant had an ex parte meeting with the presiding judge and told him that Mr. Gant believed the other defendant was innocent of the charges. Mr. Gant did not have the permission of his client to reveal information related to the representation and did not inform his client of these conversations. Mr. Gant continued to represent his client after these conversations.”

The filing continues:

“During the representation of his criminal client, Mr. Gant became aware that a document had been obtained by an attorney for another defendant which contained information related to the representation of Mr. Gant’s client. Mr. Gant took some steps to retrieve the document, but he did not report the conduct of the other attorney to the Board of Professional Responsibility for violating the Rules of Professional Conduct.”

The Board finds Mr. Gant to have violated the Rules of Professional Conduct and hereby imposed Public Censure as a sanction for his violations.

According to Lawyer.com, Mr. Gant works for the Federal Public Defender’s Office. He earned his Juris Doctor degree from the Loyola University School of Law. He practices in Nashville, Tennessee. He has been licensed in Tennessee, license #025790, as well as Illinois.

A copy of the original filing can be found here.