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: LENA ANN GRAVES BUCK, BPR #014764
CONTACT: TIFFANY D. TANT-SHAFER
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
July 9, 2025
DEKALB COUNTY LAWYER CENSURED
On July 9, 2025, Lena Ann Graves Buck, an attorney licensed to practice law in Tennessee, received a
Public Censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Ms. Buck provided consultation regarding a workersâ compensation case to a client. While the client
never signed a retainer agreement nor paid an attorney fee, between late 2020 and mid-2021, Ms. Buck met
with the client on three (3) occasions, where she provided legal advice regarding workersâ compensation and
social security disability issues. Their second meeting was held the month before clientâs statute of limitations
ran to file his workersâ compensation claim with the third meeting being held the month after the statute ran.
During that time and over the next three (3) years, while Ms. Buck represented the client in a disability claim,
the client believed Ms. Buck was also acting as clientâs attorney in the workersâ compensation matter. Ms.
Buck discussed the workersâ compensation issue with the client at both 2021 meetings, but failed to keep the
client apprised of the statute of limitations deadline. The client did not discover the deadline had passed until
mid-2024.
Thereafter, Ms. Buck entered into a business transaction with the client without first advising the client
in writing of the desirability of seeking or giving the client a reasonable opportunity to seek the advice of
independent legal counsel on the transaction.
By these acts, Ms. Buck has violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1 (competence), 1.3 (diligence),
1.4 (communication), 1.8(a)(2) (conflict of interest), and 8.4(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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