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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
AT NASHVILLE
IN RE: WILLIAM CALDWELL HANCOCK,BPR #5312
An Attorney Licensed to Practice Law in Tennessee
(Davidson County)
FILED
No. M2015-00219-SC-BAR-BP FEB - 9 2015
BOPR No. 2014-2312-5-KH
Clerk of iho Courts
Rec'd By
ORDER OF ENFORCEMENT
This matter is before the Court upon a Petition for Discipline filed by the Board of
Professional Responsibility ("Board") against William Caldwell Hancock on April 21,
2014; upon Motion for Default Judgment and that Charges in Petition for Discipline Be
Deemed Admitted filed June 25, 2014; upon Order Denying Motion for Default
Judgment Without Prejudice entered July 17, 2014; upon Mr. Hancock's Verified Rate of
[sic] Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted
filed September 19, 2014; upon the Board's Response to Motion to Dismiss for Failure to
State a Claim Upon Which Relief Can Be Granted filed September 23, 2014; upon the
entry of a Conditional Guilty plea on November 25, 2014; upon the Hearing Panel's
Order Recommending Approval of Conditional Guilty Plea entered on November 26,
2014; upon the Board's consideration and approval of the Hearing Panel's Order
Recommending Approval of Conditional Guilty Plea on December 12, 2014.
From all of which the Court approves the Order of the Hearing Panel and adopts it
as the Court's Order.
IT IS, THEREFORE, CONSIDERED, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND
DECREED BY THE COURT THAT:
(1) Pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 9, § 4.4 (2006)', William Caldwell Hancock
is hereby publicly censured.
(2) Pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 9, § 24.3 (2006), Mr. Hancock shall pay to
the Board of Professional Responsibility the expenses and costs of this matter in the
amount of $356.64 and shall pay to the Clerk of this Court the costs incurred herein,
within ninety (90) days of the entry of this Order, for all of which execution may issue if
necessary.
This matter was initiated before the Board of Professional Responsibility prior to January 1, 2014; therefore, the
2006 version of Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 9 is applicable.
(3) The Board of Professional Responsibility shall cause notice of this
discipline to be published.
PER CURIAM
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