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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
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RELEASE OF IEFORMATION
RE: WILLIAM A. KENNEDY BPR #11381
CONTACT: WILLIAM W. HUNT III
BOARD OF PRUFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
May 21, 1999
BRISTOL ATTOEE EY CENSURED
On May 17, 1999, the Board of Professional Responsibility issued a public
censure as to William A. Kennedy, an attorney who practices in Bristol, Tennessee
Notice of the censure was mailed to Mr. Kennedy pursuant to Supreme Court
Rule 9. Mr. Kennedy did not request a formal hearing and the censure has become
ï¬nal.
Mr. Kennedy represented Ms. Susan Graybeal as retained counsel in
Tennessee on criminal charges. While Ms. Graybeal was incarcerated, Mr.
Kennedy received 3 workersâ compensation check in the amount of $3,800. Mr.
Kennedy placed that check not in a trust account, but in a personal account and
thereby commingled funds. He has refunded $900 of check to Ms. Graybeal, but has
not refunded the rest. He claims that the remaining funds constitute his fee for the
representation. The dispute over the fee would appear to be a fee dispute and not
within the Boardâs jurisdiction. However, Mr. Kennedy has also not adequately
communicated with his client in failing to provide a full accounting as to his time in
the matter so as to justify his fee.
Mr. Kennedy was thereby found to have violated DR 7-101 and 9-102 of the
attorneysâ Code of Professional Responsibility. This is a public censure and Mr.
Kennedyâs right to continue to practice law has not been restricted.
WWH:LBB:mw Lance B. Bracy
I9312â1-Tï¬.ml Chief Disciplinary Counsel