BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (2025)
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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
10 CADILLAC DRIVE, SUITE 220
BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE 37027
TELEPHONE: (615) 361-7500
(800) 486-5714
Website: www.tbpr.org
RELEASE OF INFORMATION
RE: CINDY POWELL BICE, BPR #024927
CONTACT: TIFFANY D. TANT-SHAFER
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
January 15, 2025
HAMILTON COUNTY LAWYER CENSURED
On January 14, 2025, Cindy Powell Bice, an attorney licensed to practice law in Tennessee, received a
Public Censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Ms. Bice represented a client in a child support modification case. During the case, the client posted a
negative online public Google Review of Ms. Biceâs legal services. Ms. Bice posted a public response with
detailed confidential information relating to the representation of the client, including references to clientâs
minimal payment toward her retainer fee, a contempt action brought against client for failure to pay child
support and her inability to pay, the clientâs disability and disability attorney, the actual hearing date, and
reference to various attorney-client communications. After the client discharged Ms. Biceâs services, she did
not file to withdraw her representation for seven (7) weeks and delayed doing so until the day of the clientâs
hearing.
In addition, between 2015 and 2023, Ms. Bice also posted online responses to four (4) negative client
reviews, revealing confidential information about former clientsâ representation, including disclosure of fee
amounts paid, legal advice given, actions/inactions by the clients, and other information that would not have
been available as public record or generally known. By these acts, Ms. Bice has violated Rules of Professional
Conduct 1.6(a) (confidentiality of information), 1.9(c) (duties to former clients), and 1.16(a)(3) & (d) (declining
or terminating representation), and is hereby Publicly Censured for these violations. Ms. Bice is further ordered
to complete three (3) hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) about client confidentiality and online/social
media use within ninety (90) days of this order. The CLE hours are in addition to the three (3) ethics hours
already required by the Commission on Continuing Legal Education.
A Public Censure is a rebuke and warning to the attorney, but it does not affect the attorneyâs ability to
practice law.
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