Jahari Dowdy
Nonpartisan · TN
Jahari Dowdy is an active Tennessee attorney practicing in Shelby County. She has been licensed in Tennessee since 2005, graduated from Southern University Law Center, and appears as defense counsel in current federal court records.
Track record
Integrity and Ethics
· 2 records
The Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility publicly censured Jahari Mabry Dowdy after a client-payment check was delivered from her trust account before covering funds were received, she failed to take proper remedial action, and she later commingled personal funds with trust funds; the censure required trust-account training.
January 7, 2021
Source: docs.tbpr.org · researched July 14, 2026
The Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility publicly censured Jahari Mabry Dowdy after finding that she failed to facilitate a court-required transfer of guardianship funds, respond to court and clerk directives, and maintain communication with her client, violating rules governing competence, diligence, communication, expediting litigation, tribunal obligations, and misconduct.
October 4, 2019
Source: docs.tbpr.org · researched July 14, 2026
Legal Competence
· 2 records
The Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility publicly censured Jahari Mabry Dowdy after a client-payment check was delivered from her trust account before covering funds were received, she failed to take proper remedial action, and she later commingled personal funds with trust funds; the censure required trust-account training.
January 7, 2021Against
Source: docs.tbpr.org · researched July 14, 2026
The Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility publicly censured Jahari Mabry Dowdy after finding that she failed to facilitate a court-required transfer of guardianship funds, respond to court and clerk directives, and maintain communication with her client, violating rules governing competence, diligence, communication, expediting litigation, tribunal obligations, and misconduct.
October 4, 2019Against
Source: docs.tbpr.org · researched July 14, 2026
Elections
- Criminal Court Judge Division I, District 30, Unexpired Term · August 6, 2026 · Shelby County, Tennessee
Profile last researched July 13, 2026.