BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (2025)
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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: STACEY ALLEN TERRAL, BPR #023054
CONTACT: TIFFANY D. TANT-SHAFER
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
October 8, 2025
RUTHERFORD COUNTY LAWYER CENSURED
On October 8, 2025, Stacey Allen Terral, an attorney licensed to practice law in Tennessee, received a
Public Censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Mr. Terral represented a client in a custody matter in the Rutherford County Juvenile Court. In preparing
to submit discovery responses, Mr. Terral advised his client that with permission, he could sign the discovery
attestation on the clientâs behalf to save some time. Believing that he had his clientâs permission, Mr. Terral
engaged the services of his wife, who is a Notary Public, to notarize the document. Mr. Terral told his wife that
the client had approved the discovery answers and they were ready to be notarized. Mr. Terral showed his wife
a copy of the clientâs driverâs license and signed the verification, which his wife then notarized. In signing the
document, Mr. Terral signed the clientâs name and did not indicate that the document was being signed by him
with clientâs permission nor in any way indicate that the document was signed by anyone other than the client.
Mr. Terral has been practicing law for over twenty (20) years and claims not to have known such action was
improper.
By these acts, Mr. Terral has violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1 (competence), 1.2(d) (scope of
representation and allocation of authority between client and lawyer), 3.4(b) (fairness to opposing party and
counsel), 4.1(a) (truthfulness in statements to others), 5.3 (responsibilities regarding nonlawyer assistants), and
8.4(a), (c), and (d) (misconduct), 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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