BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (2004)
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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
of the
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
LANCE B. BRACY WILLIAM W. HUNT, III
CHIEF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL 1101 KERMIT DRIVE, SUITE 730 CHARLES A. HIGH
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37217 SANDY GARRETT
LAURA L. CHASTAIN TELEPHONE: (615) 361-7500 JESSE D. JOSEPH
DEPUTY CHIEF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL
(800) 486-5714 JAMES A. VICK
FAX: (615) 367-2480 THERESA M. COSTONIS
BEVERLY P. SHARPE DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL
CONSUMER COUNSEL DIRECTOR E-MAIL: ethics@tbpr.org
RELEASE OF INFORMATION
IN RE: ERNEST LEE EDWARDS, III, BPR #9772
CONTACT: CHARLES A. HIGH
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
July 29, 2004
NASHVILLE LAWYER CENSURED
Ernest Lee Edwards, III, a Nashville lawyer, was publicly censured by the Board of
Professional Responsibility on July 28, 2004. A public censure is a public rebuke and warning to
the offender, but a censure does not affect the lawyerâs license to practice law. The discipline
was imposed by the Board and Edwards had a right to request a hearing. A hearing was not
requested and the discipline is final.
The censure was based on two complaints. In one complaint Mr. Edwards was
sanctioned for neglect and failure to properly prepare a divorce case. The client learned four
years later that a divorce decree had not been entered and the case dismissed.
In the other complaint, Edwards was sanctioned for failure to complete the estates of
decedents. Court orders to close the estates were not complied with by the attorney. The
misconduct was aggravated by the failure of the attorney to respond to inquiries by Disciplinary
Counsel.
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