BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (2014)
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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
10 CADILLAC DRIVE, SUITE 220
BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE 37027
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RELEASE OF INFORMATION
RE: FLETCHER WHALEY LONG, BPR# 18775
CONTACT: KRISANN HODGES
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
June 5, 2014
CLARKSVILLE LAWYER CENSURED
On June 4, 2014, Fletcher Whaley Long, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was publicly censured by Order of
the Tennessee Supreme Court.
The Board of Professional Responsibility filed a Petition for Discipline against Mr. Long alleging that
he committed ethical misconduct for failure to deposit a fee into his trust account despite a written agreement to
do so, failure to provide an accounting of fees, and failure to refund unearned fees. A hearing panel determined
that Mr. Long should receive a public censure for his misconduct. Mr. Long appealed the disciplinary sanction
which was affirmed by the Chancery Court and by the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Mr. Longâs actions violate the following Rules of Professional Conduct: 1.4, Communication; 1.15,
Safekeeping Property; 1.16, Declining or Terminating Representation; and 8.4, Misconduct.
For these violations, the Tennessee Supreme Court publicly censured Mr. Long. A public censure is a
rebuke and warning to the lawyer, but does not affect the lawyerâs ability to practice law.
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