There are 8 article(s) tagged Felicia Corbin Johnson:

• November 2024

  • Latest Halbert hearing set

    Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson will hold a hearing on a motion by Wanda Halbert’s attorneys to dismiss attempt to remove her. 

    By Bill Dries November 13, 2024

  • Final brief filed in Wanda Halbert ouster case

    The question before Chancellor Felicia Corbin-Johnson is whether the county attorney’s office could hire a special counsel to pursue an ouster lawsuit that the county attorney could not pursue because of a conflict of interest.

    By Bill Dries November 08, 2024

  • Legal dispute ties up second Wanda Halbert ouster case

    A motion to dismiss the ouster lawsuit against Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert is pending before Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson. If dismissed, it would be the second ouster lawsuit against Halbert to be thrown out in less than a year.

    By Bill Dries November 08, 2024

• September 2024

  • Judge in Halbert ouster case wants more information

    Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson wants briefs from both sides in the ouster attempt as she weighs a motion to dismiss it.

    By Bill Dries September 30, 2024

  • Judge in Halbert ouster complaint weighs second dismissal

    Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson plans to make a ruling in writing “in a week or so” on whether to dismiss or hear the ouster complaint filed last month against Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert.

    By Bill Dries September 17, 2024

  • Judge denies motion that would’ve ousted Wanda Halbert from office

    All sides are back in court Tuesday for a hearing on Halbert’s attorney’s motion to dismiss the case entirely.

    By Bill Dries September 13, 2024

• May 2024

  • Halbert ouster trial set for August, move to suspend gets June hearing

    A judge set a trial date for Wanda Halbert during the first court appearance in her ouster suit. She’ll also be back in court in June for a hearing on whether she should be suspended pending the outcome of the August trial.

    By Bill Dries May 31, 2024

• July 2022

  • Disbarred Memphis lawyer hauls in big pay from political candidates

    Former lawyer Bret Thompson was disbarred in 1996 for stealing client funds. He’s been repeatedly convicted since then for posing as a lawyer and stealing from “clients.” But as his list of victims grows, judges and other candidates pay him thousands of dollars as a political consultant.

    By Marc Perrusquia July 13, 2022