BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (2018)
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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
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RELEASE OF INFORMATION
RE: WENDELL CORNELIUS DAWSON, BPR #012960
CONTACT: PRESTON SHIPP
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
October 15, 2018
DAVIDSON COUNTY LAWYER CENSURED
On October 15, 2018, Wendell Cornelius Dawson, an attorney licensed to practice law in Tennessee,
received a Public Censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Mr. Dawson represented a client applying for cancellation of removal before the immigration court.
Although Mr. Dawson presented documentation to the court concerning his clientâs presence in the United
States, he failed to call any witnesses other than his client at the final hearing to satisfy the significant burden of
showing exceptional and extremely unusual hardship. Likewise, Mr. Dawson did not diligently represent his
client in his appeal. He did not meet with his client to discuss the appeal, and his brief was one page in which
he generally argued, without citations to authority or the record, that his client had testified to his presence in
the country and the hardship his children would suffer if he were removed from the United States.
By these acts, Mr. Dawson, has violated Rule of Professional Conduct 1.3 (diligence) and is hereby
Publicly Censured for this violation.
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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