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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
FA24: (615) 367-2480
E-MAIL: ethics@tbpr.org
Website: www.tbpr.org
RELEASE OF INFORMATION
RE: BAILEY MCKILLOP HARNED, BPR #027280
CONTACT: MARCY SHELTON
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
February 4, 2020
KNOX COUNTY LAWYER CENSURED
On January 29, 2020, Bailey McKillop Harned, an attorney licensed to practice law in Tennessee,
received a Public Censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Ms. Harned was retained by the minor childâs mother to reinstate visitation that the childâs father had
unilaterally stopped. Ms. Harned was paid a flat fee. Although she did not obtain a written fee agreement, she
did not deposit the fee into her trust account. Ms. Harned failed to communicate with her client and finally filed
a petition to modify custody on the clientâs behalf more than one (1) year after she was retained. At that time, it
was discovered that the minor child had been adopted by the fatherâs new wife sixteen (16) months earlier.
By these acts, Ms. Harned, has violated Rule of Professional Conduct 1.1 (competence), 1.3 (diligence),
1.4 (communication), and RPC 1.15 (safekeeping property and funds) 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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