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IN DISCIPLINARY DISTRICT IV
OF THE
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
IN RE: STACEY ALLEN TERRAL, BPR NO. 023054 FILE NOS.
Respondent, an attorney licensed 100636-2024-4-TT-INV &
to practice law in Tennessee 100637-2024-4-TT-INV
(Rutherford County)
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PUBLIC CENSURE
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The above complaint was filed against Stacey Allen Terral, #023054, an attorney licensed
to practice law in Tennessee, alleging certain acts of misconduct. Pursuant to Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 9,
the Board of Professional Responsibility considered these matters at its meeting on September 12,
2025.
Mr. Terral represented a client in a custody matter in the Rutherford County Juvenile Court.
In preparing to submit discovery responses, Mr. Terral advised his client that with permission, he
could sign the discovery attestation on the clientâs behalf to save some time. Believing that he had
his clientâs permission, Mr. Terral engaged the services of his wife, who is a Notary Public, to
notarize the document. Mr. Terral told his wife that the client had approved the discovery answers
and they were ready to be notarized. Mr. Terral showed his wife a copy of Clientâs driverâs license
and signed the verification, which his wife then notarized. In signing the document, Mr. Terral
signed the clientâs name and did not indicate that the document was being signed by him with
clientâs permission nor in any way indicate that the document was signed by anyone other than the
client. Mr. Terral has been practicing law for over twenty (20) years and claims not to have known
such action was improper.
By these acts, Mr. Terral has violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1 (competence),
1.2(d) (scope of representation and allocation of authority between client and lawyer), 3.4(b)
(fairness to opposing party and counsel), 4.1(a) (truthfulness in statements to others), 5.3
(responsibilities regarding nonlawyer assistants), and 8.4(a), (c), and (d) (misconduct), and is
hereby Publicly Censured for these violations.
FOR THE BOARD OF
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
_______________________________
R. Culver Schmid, Chair
10-8-25
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Date