John Jay Clark
An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in the indictment of a Williamson County attorney on a forgery charge.
At the request of 20th District Attorney General Glenn Funk, TBI special agents began investigating attorney John Jay Clark on July 29, 2015, on a forgery complaint. During the course of the investigation, agents learned that in the fall of 2013, Clark was representing a man in a divorce proceeding.
The investigation found that Clark provided his client a ‘final decree’, indicating the divorce between the two was final. That decree was shared with the wife. The investigation showed that in June 2015, the wife received notification from the Davidson County Clerk’s Office that her divorce proceedings were closed due to inactivity. She provided the Clerk’s office with the decree she had received. Agents learned that the decree was determined to be a false and forged document that had not been filed with the Clerk’s office. It was also determined that the divorce was not actually finalized.
On Tuesday, the Davidson County Grand Jury returned an indictment charging Clark, 39, with forgery, $500 or less.
On Friday, Clark turned himself in to a TBI special agent and was booked into the Davidson County Jail on a $1,000 bond.