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FILED
12/19/2017
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE Clerk of the
AT NASHVILLE Appellate Courts
IN RE: MARK L. PITTMAN, BPR #12753
(Shelby County)
No. M2002-01789âSC-BPR-BP
BOPR No. 2017-2732-9-WMâ30.4d
ORDER OF REINSTATEMENT
This matter is before the Court, pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 9, § 30.4(d), upon a
Petition for Reinstatement filed on June 19, 2017, by the Petitioner, Mark L. Pittman.
Mr. Pittman was disbarred from the practice of law by Order of this Court on June 3,
2006. On November 6, 2017, the Hearing Panel entered its Order Granting Petition for
Reinstatement. The Order Granting Petition for Reinstatement was considered and
approved by the Board on December 8, 2017.
From all of which the Court approves the Judgment of the Hearing Panel and
adopts the same as this Courtâs Order.
1T IS, THEREFORE, CONSIDERED, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND
DECREED BY THE COURT:
1. The Petitioner, Mark L. Pittman, is hereby reinstated to the practice of law
in the State of Tennessee pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 9, § 30.4(d), subject to the
following conditions:
a. Mr. Pittman, pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 9, § 30.4(d)(7), shall submit
to Disciplinary Counsel certiï¬cation by the Board. of Law Examiners of
the successful completion of an examination for admission to practice
and certiï¬cation of successful completion of the Multistate Professional
Responsibility Examination. Mr. Pittman shall not be transferred to
active status until the certiï¬cations have been provided to the Board.
b. Mr. Pittman shall submit to Disciplinary Counsel proof of payment in
the amount of $2,500.00 to the Tennessee Lawyers Fund for Client
Protection. Mr. Pittman shall not be transferred to active status until the
proof of payment has been provided to the Board.
. Mr. Pittman shall enter into a one-year monitoring agreement with the
Tennessee Lawyers Assistance Program which monitoring agreement
shall designate the Board as a reporting agency.
. Mr. Pittman shall notify the Board within thirty days of accepting active
employment as an attorney.
. Upon providing notiï¬cation to the Board of accepting active
employment as an attorney, Mr. Pittman shall engage, at his expense, a
practice monitor approved by the Board for a period of one year.
Pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 9, § 129(0), Mr. Pittman shall within
fifteen (15) days of such notiï¬cation provide to the Board a list of three
(3) proposed practice monitors from whom the Board shall designate a
practice monitor.
The practice monitor shall meet with Mr. Pittman monthly and submit
monthly written reports to the Board addressing Mr. Pittmanâs case load
and the quality of his communications with clients.
Pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 9, § 243, Mr. Pittman shall pay to the Board
of Professional Responsibility the expenses and costs of this matter in the amount of
$1,651.40, 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.
. The Board of Professional Responsibility shall cause notice of this
reinstatement to be published as required by Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 9, § 28.11.
PER CURIAM