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IN DISCIPLINARY DISTRICT VI
OF THE
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
IN RE: Tiffany M. Johns, BPR No. 027860 FILE No. 71685-6-ES
Respondent, an attorney licensed
to practice law in Tennessee
(Williamson County)
____________________________________________________________________________
PUBLIC CENSURE
____________________________________________________________________________
The above complaint was filed against Tiffany M. Johns, an attorney licensed to practice
law in Tennessee, alleging certain acts of misconduct. Pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 9, the Board
of Professional Responsibility considered this matter at its meeting on June 9, 2023.
A client hired Ms. Johns to represent her in an uncontested divorce. Ms. Johns was
provided the correct address for the estranged spouse in June 2022, and she did not send a draft
marital dissolution agreement to the spouse until November 2022. After the marital dissolution
agreement was executed, Ms. Johns appeared in court for the hearing to enter the final decree on
April 17, 2023, but she did not provide the court with the original decree for entry. The final
decree of divorce was not entered until June 22, 2023. Ms. Johns failed to respond to requests for
information from her client.
By the aforementioned acts, Tiffany M. Johns is in violation of Rules of Professional
Conduct 1.3 (diligence), and 1.4 (communication) and is hereby Publicly Censured for these
violations.
FOR THE BOARD OF
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
_______________________________
Jennifer S. Hagerman, Chair
August 7, 2023
_______________________________
Date
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