BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (2024)
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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: LYNDA W. PATTERSON, BPR #014424
CONTACT: EILEEN BURKHALTER SMITH
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
April 16, 2024
OVERTON_COUNTY LAWYER CENSURED
On April 10, 2024, Lynda W. Patterson, an attorney licensed to practice law in Tennessee, received a
Public Censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Ms. Patterson was hired to seek damages against former residential tenants of her client. Ms. Patterson
negotiated an agreed judgment with the former residential tenants for which she prepared an agreed order. Both
sets of parties signed the agreed order, and Ms. Patterson mailed it to the judge for entry. The order, however,
was never entered by the court. Ms. Pattersonâs client contacted her two times about the status of the order, and
she did not respond. Ms. Patterson then discovered the order had not been entered, and so, fourteen months after
the tenants had entered the proposed agreed order, Ms. Patterson proceeded with a default judgment against the
former tenants.
By these acts, Lynda W. Patterson is in violation of Rules of Professional Conduct 1.3 (diligence), 3.2
(expediting litigation) and 8.4(d) (prejudice to the administration of justice) and is hereby Publicly Censured for
these violations.
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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