BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (2010)
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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
1101 KERMIT DRIVE, SUITE 730
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37217
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RELEASE OF INFORMATION
RE: ARTHUR HENRY, BPR #9484
CONTACT: PRESTON SHIPP
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
April 16, 2010
LOUDON COUNTY LAWYER CENSURED
On April 16, 2010, Arthur Henry, an attorney licensed to practice law in Tennessee, received a Public
Censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Mr. Henry represented two separate clients who bought model homes and subsequently discovered the
houses were built on a sinkhole. Both clients wanted to file suit against the developer of the subdivision. Mr.
Henry admits after he was informed by an expert that the damages in the cases were minimal, he did not want to
pursue the case. He ceased communicating with his two clients, despite they sent numerous emails to him and
left several telephone messages inquiring about the status of their cases. Mr. Henry failed to inform them that
he was terminating the representation. Mr. Henry also failed to comply with the Board's repeated requests for
additional information.
Arthur Henry has violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.3 (diligence), 1.4 (communication), 1.16
(declining and terminating representation), and 8.1(b) (failure to comply with disciplinary requests) 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.
Henry 31799c-2; 32605c-2 rel.doc.
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