Temple 2031 rel.PDF (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
E-MAIL: ethics@tbpr.org DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL
CONSUMER COUNSEL DIRECTOR
RELEASE OF INFORMATION
RE: LISA ANNE TEMPLE, BPR. NO. 18462
CONTACT: THERESA M. COSTONIS
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
(615) 361-7500
March 17, 2004
KNOX COUNTY LAWYER CENSURED
Lisa Anne Temple, a Knox County attorney, was publicly censured by the Board of Professional
Responsibility on March 17, 2004, for causing, on two occasions, incorrect disbursements to be made from client
funds being held in trust to her former firm, where she was an associate, for unapproved fees. In one case, Ms.
Temple attempted to remedy the error by making a disbursement to a client from the firm's operating account. Ms.
Temple had also delayed for several months a disbursement of funds to which a client was entitled, and in one case
delayed for several months making agreed disbursements out of an escrow account to creditors of a client, causing
unnecessary interest to accumulate to the financial detriment of her client. Ms. Temple's conduct violated DR 1-
102(A)(1)(5)(6), DR 2-106(A)(B), DR 7-101(A)(4)(a)(b)(c), and DR 9-102(A)(B) of the Code of Professional
Responsibility. The Board found the following to be mitigating circumstances in Ms. Temple's case: Ms. Temple
has no prior discipline, restitution was made to the affected clients by Ms. Temple and her former law firm, she has
cooperated with the Board in this matter, she lacked significant experience in the handling of trust account matters
at the time these events occurred, and she has expressed remorse.
A Public Censure is a form of public discipline which declares the conduct of the lawyer improper but does
not limit the lawyer's right to practice law.
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