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IN DISCIPLINARY DISTRICT IV
OF THE
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
IN RE: LENA ANN GRAVES BUCK, BPR NO. 014764 FILE NO. 100511-2024-4-TT-INV
Respondent, an attorney licensed
to practice law in Tennessee
(Dekalb County)
PUBLIC CENSURE
The above complaint was filed against Lena Ann Graves Buck, #014764, 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 June
13, 2025.
Ms. Buck provided consultation regarding a workersâ compensation case to a client. While
the client never signed a retainer agreement nor paid an attorney fee, between late 2020 and mid-
2021, Ms. Buck met with the client on three (3) occasions, where she provided legal advice
regarding workersâ compensation and social security disability issues. Their second meeting was
held the month before clientâs statute of limitations ran to file his workersâ compensation claim
with the third meeting being held the month after the statute ran. During that time and over the
next three (3) years, while Ms. Buck represented the client in a disability claim, the client believed
Ms. Buck was also acting as clientâs attorney in the workersâ compensation matter. Ms. Buck
discussed the workersâ compensation issue with the client at both 2021 meetings, but failed to keep
the client apprised of the statute of limitations deadline. The client did not discover the deadline
had passed until mid-2024.
Thereafter, Ms. Buck entered into a business transaction with the client without first
advising the client in writing of the desirability of seeking or giving the client a reasonable
opportunity to seek the advice of independent legal counsel on the transaction.
By these acts, Ms. Buck has violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1 (competence), 1.3
(diligence), 1.4 (communication), 1.8(a)(2) (conflict of interest), and 8.4(d) (misconduct) and is
hereby Publicly Censured for these violations.
FOR THE BOARD OF
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
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