BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (2015)
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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
FAX: (615) 367-2480
E-MAIL: ethics@tbpr.org
Website: www.tbpr.org
RELEASE OF INFORMATION
RE: CHARLES JAMES FRIDDELL, JR., BPR #3460
CONTACT: A. RUSSELL WILLIS
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
May 15, 2015
DAVIDSON COUNTY LAWYER CENSURED
On May 12, 2015, Charles James Friddell, Jr., of Nashville, was publicly censured by the
Supreme Court of Tennessee.
The Board of Professional Responsibility filed a Petition for Discipline against Charles James
Friddell, Jr., on July 31, 2014, based upon one complaint of misconduct arising from his involvement
in a series of real estate financing transactions designed to protect certain personal assets of his client
from business creditors. Mr. Friddell represented the buyer, seller and lender in the real estate
transactions without obtaining the informed consent of his clients, confirmed in writing. Mr. Friddell
prepared the real estate transaction documents, handled the foreclosure and trusteeâs sale, handled the
real estate closing and recorded the deed of trust. Thereafter, Mr. Friddell learned no actual
consideration had been paid but took no action to correct or disaffirm the recorded instruments and the
fraudulent conveyance.
Mr. Friddell entered a conditional guilty plea admitting he violated Tennessee Rules of
Professional Conduct 1.7, Conflict of Interest; 1.9, Duties to Former Clients; 2.2, Lawyer Serving as an
Intermediary Between Clients; 4.1, Truthfulness in Statements to Others; and 8.4(a), Misconduct.
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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