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Beginning January 2012, the annual registration process will be based on the attorney's birth month. The Board of Professional Responsibility will mail each attorney a Registration Packet with a prorated invoice six (6) weeks before the payment is due. Payment is due on the 1st day of an attorney's birth month.

If you are an attorney and do not currently use the Attorney Online Portal please click on the link in blue or the link in the upper right hand corner, enter the latest email address provided to the Board and select Forgot My Password. This will allow you to:

  • Review and update your contact information
  • View your lawyer history with the TBPR
  • Change your Attorney Online Portal password
  • Pay your invoices
  • Complete the IOLTA mandatory reporting form
  • And much more continued...

Read the Registration Changes Frequently Asked Questions.

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Five-Year Analysis of Discipline Statistics Now Available

The Board of Professional Responsibility has been tracking the number of complaints submitted, formal charges filed and the resulting dispositions. Click here to view the last five years' statistics, as well as information about administrative suspensions.


Recent Disciplinary Actions

The Board or Professional Responsibility regularly announces public disciplinary actions* taken by the Board and the Supreme Court of Tennessee and other relevant information to the public and the legal community. For more information click here.

Knoxville Lawyer Reinstated By Supreme Court continued... (5/15/2012)
Chattanooga Lawyer Placed on Disability Inactive Status continued... (4/27/2012)
Davidson County Attorney Disbarred continued... (4/27/2012)
Shelby County Attorney Suspended continued... (4/27/2012)
Memphis Lawyer Disbarred continued... (4/26/2012)


Consumer Assistance Program

The Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) helps people with questions or problems with their Tennessee lawyer. Many problems may be resolved by providing information, contacting the lawyer, or informally mediating the dispute.

When serious unethical conduct may be involved, complaints will be referred to Disciplinary Counsel for consideration as to attorney discipline.


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