BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (2014)
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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
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RELEASE OF INFORMATION
RE: JERRY ALAN KENNON, BPR #18744
CONTACT: WILLIAM C. MOODY
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
May 16, 2014
DAVIDSON COUNTY LAWYER SUSPENDED
On May 15, 2014, Jerry Alan Kennon, of Nashville, Tennessee, was suspended from the practice of law
by Order of the Tennessee Supreme Court for one (1) year. Mr. Kennon was ordered to pay restitution in the
amount of $3,760. Finally, Mr. Kennon must pay the Boardâs costs and expenses and the court costs within
ninety days of the entry of the Order of Enforcement.
A Petition for Discipline was filed on October 25, 2013, containing four (4) complaints. Mr. Kennon
utilized his trust account as a personal account. He was retained to prepare estate planning documents for two
clients but failed to complete the work he was retained to perform over a period of several years, failed to
communicate with them and failed to refund the unearned fee. He was retained by one client to file a personal
injury case but filed suit against the wrong defendant and failed to appear in court when the case was set
resulting in its dismissal. He also failed to communicate with that client. He represented the personal
representative of an estate wherein he filed several incorrectly executed statements in lieu of final accounting,
failed to obtain a TennCare release, failed to close the estate over a period of several years and failed to appear
at a show cause hearing.
Mr. Kennonâs actions violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, Competence; 1.3, Diligence; 1.4,
Communication; 1.15, Safekeeping Property and Funds; 1.16, Declining or Terminating Representation; 3.2,
Expediting Litigation; and 8.4(a) and (d), Misconduct.
Mr. Kennon must comply with the requirements of Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9, Sections 18 and
19, regarding the obligations and responsibilities of suspended attorneys.
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