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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
of the
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
LANCE B. BRACY WILLIAM W. HUNT, III
CHIEF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL 1101 KERMIT DRIVE, SUITE 730 CHARLES A. HIGH
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37217 SANDY GARRETT
LAURA L. CHASTAIN TELEPHONE: (615) 361-7500 JESSE D. JOSEPH
DEPUTY CHIEF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL
(800) 486-5714 JAMES A. VICK
FAX: (615) 367- 2480 THERESA M. COSTONIS
BEVERLY P. SHARPE
E-MAIL: ethics@tbpr.org DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL
CONSUMER COUNSEL DIRECTOR
RELEASE OF INFORMATION
IN RE: GORDON M. WASSON, BPR # 14018
CONTACT: LAURA L. CHASTAIN
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
June 16, 2004
ARIZONA ATTORNEY RECIPROCALLY SUSPENDED IN TENNESSEE
On June 10, 2004, the Supreme Court of Tennessee entered an order suspending
Gordon M. Wasson from the practice of law in the State of Tennessee, which suspension shall
remain in effect pending all proceedings against Gordon M. Wasson by the State Bar of Arizona.
The Board of Professional Responsibility filed a petition for imposition of reciprocal
discipline based upon the fact that Gordon M. Wasson was suspended by the State Bar of
Arizona having been convicted of aggravated driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor
or drugs, a Class (4) felony.
The Tennessee Supreme Court ordered that Gordon M. Wasson be suspended from the
practice of law in the State of Tennessee, which suspens ion shall remain in effect pending all
proceedings against Gordon M. Wasson by the State Bar of Arizona. The Supreme Court further
ordered that Wasson was prohibited from practicing law in Tennessee, holding himself out as an
attorney-at- law, performing any legal services for others, accepting any fee directly or indirectly
for legal services, appearing as counsel or in any representative capacity in any proceeding in
any Tennessee court or before any administrative body or holding himself out to others or using
his name, in any manner, in conjunction with the words âattorney-at-lawâ, âattorneyâ, âcounselor
at lawâ, or âlawyerâ.
The Court further ordered that Wasson shall immediately notify each of his current
clients, opposing counsel, and all co-counsel in writing of this suspension. In addition to such
notification Wasson was ordered to return any files, papers, unearned monies and other property
belonging to clients and former clients in the respondentâs possession to the respective clients or
former clients or to another attorney at the clientsâ or former clientsâ request. Wasson was
ordered to file with the Board of Professional Responsibility within ten (10) days of the date of
this Judgment an affidavit showing compliance with provisions of the order and with the rules,
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all other state, federal and administrative jurisdictions to which the lawyer is admitted to
practice; place of residence and all addresses where communications may be thereafter directed;
and service of a copy of the affidavit upon Disciplinary Counsel which shall include proof of
compliance with Section 18.1 of this Rule.
Finally the Court ordered that Wasson shall be taxed with the costs, for which execution
may issue if necessary.
Wassonâs suspension shall remain in effect until further order of the Tennessee Supreme
Court.
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