Former Johnson County judge disbarred

The Tennessee Supreme Court has disbarred former Johnson County Sessions Judge Perry Stout, who recently pleaded guilty to marijuana trafficking charges. The court’s board of professional responsibility entered the order Tuesday after hearing the case against him on May 24. It effectively bars Stout permanently from practicing law in the state. Stout was sentenced to a year in prison on May 2 on the marijuana conviction and had resigned as judge in June 2023 after a “self-reported incident” involving an affair with a courthouse employee. His law license was suspended Feb. 28 after he signed a plea agreement in January to one count of conspiracy with intent to sell more than 10 pounds of marijuana and one count of money laundering. Stout reported for his sentence Saturday and is being held at the Morgan County Jail.