Cynthia Sherwood, right, is the defense attorney for former Tennessee House staffer Cade Cothren. (Photo: John Partipilo)
The Tennessee panel that handles attorney disciplinary cases has cleared a lawyer accused of an ethics violation involving an encounter between a private eye and the state’s campaign finance chief.
The state Board of Professional Responsibility notified Nashville attorney Cynthia Sherwood in early July that it dismissed a complaint against her filed by the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance, the state body in charge of regulating campaign finance disclosures…