NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Two well-known Middle Tennessee attorneys have been charged with extortion after being accused of having a client arrested when she didn't give in to pressure to pay them more in legal fees.

Clarksville attorneys Fletcher Long and Carrie Gasaway are each charged with one count of extortion, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. They were arrested and booked into the Montgomery County Jail on Wednesday after surrendering to authorities. Both were released on their own recognizance.

Gasaway, 43, is married to Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge John H. Gasaway. Long has represented clients in several high-profile criminal cases, including most recently, a former Vanderbilt football player accused in a gang rape in a dorm on campus.

A phone message left at Carrie Gasaway's office was not returned.

Long, who is 45 and lives in Adams, told The Associated Press that he will be vindicated.

"We're going to set it for as fast a trial as we can get," Long said. "We cannot wait to present our defense."