The license to practice law in this State is a continuing proclamation by the
Court that the holder is fit to be entrusted with professional and judicial
matters, and to aid in the administration of justice as an attorney and as an
officer of the Court. It is the duty of every recipient of that privilege to
act at all times, both professionally and personally, in conformity with the
standards imposed upon members of the bar as conditions for the privilege to
practice law.
Any attorney admitted to practice law in this State and any attorney specially
admitted by a court of this State for a particular proceeding is subject to the
disciplinary jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, the Board, the hearing
committees,and the Circuit and Chancery Court. For the complete text of Rule 9
of the Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee, click here.
| MISCONDUCT |
| Sec. 1. |
Jurisdiction |
| Sec. 2. |
Disciplinary Districts |
| Sec. 3. |
Grounds for Discipline |
| Sec. 4. |
Types of Discipline |
| Sec. 5. |
The Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
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| Sec. 6. |
District Committees |
| Sec. 7. |
Disciplinary Counsel |
PROCEDURE |
| Sec. 8. |
Investigation |
| Sec. 9. |
Complaints Against Board Members, Hearing Committee Members, or Disciplinary
Counsel |
| Sec. 10. |
Refusal of Complainant to Proceed, Compromise, etc. |
| Sec. 11. |
Matters Involving Related Pending Civil or Criminal Litigation |
| Sec. 12. |
Service |
| Sec. 13. |
Subpoena Power, Witnesses and Pre-trial Proceedings |
| Sec. 14. |
Attorneys Convicted of Crimes |
| Sec. 15. |
Disbarment by Consent of Attorneys under Disciplinary Investigation or
Prosecution |
| Sec. 16. |
Discipline by Consent |
| Sec. 17. |
Reciprocal Discipline |
| Sec. 18. |
Notice to Clients, Adverse Parties, and Other Counsel |
| Sec. 19. |
Reinstatement |
| Sec. 20. |
Periodic Assessment of Attorneys |
DISABILITY |
| Sec. 21. |
Proceedings Where an Attorney is Declared to Be Incompetent or Is Alleged to Be
Incapacitated |
| Sec. 22. |
Appointment of Counsel to Protect Clients' Interests When Their Lawyer has been
Transferred to Disability Inactive Status, Placed on Interim Suspension,
Suspended, or Disbarred, or has Disappeared, Abandoned a Law Practice, or Died,
or is Alleged to be Disabled or Incapacitated Pursuant to Section 21.2 |
| Sec. 23. |
Additional Rules of Procedure |
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
| Sec. 24. |
Expenses, Audit and Reimbursement of Costs
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| Sec. 25. |
Confidentiality |
| Sec. 26. |
Ethics Opinions |
| Sec. 27. |
Immunity |
| Sec. 28. |
Tennessee Lawyer Assistance Programs |
| Sec. 29. |
Detection and Prevention of Trust Account Violations |
| Sec. 30. |
Diversion of Disciplinary Cases |
| Sec. 31. |
Attorneys Adjudged to have Willfully Refused to Comply with a Court Order |
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