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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
FA24: (615) 367-2480
E-MAIL: ethics@tbpr.org
Website: www.tbpr.org
RELEASE OF INFORMATION
RE: JASON DANIEL HOLLEMAN, BPR #019806
CONTACT: JERRY MORGAN
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
July 21, 2020
DAVIDSON COUNTY LAWYER CENSURED
On July 21, 2020, Jason Daniel Holleman, an attorney licensed to practice law in Tennessee, received a
Public Censure from the Supreme Court of Tennessee and was ordered to pay costs to the Board of Professional
Responsibility.
The Board of Professional Responsibility filed a Petition for Discipline on February 28, 2018, regarding
Mr. Hollemanâs representation of clients who sought to obtain a cemetery by adverse possession and move it to
another location.
Mr. Holleman filed a Petition to Quiet Title and Termination of a Cemetery known as the Rains
Cemetery. The Hearing Panel found and the Trial Court affirmed that Mr. Holleman delegated to a non-lawyer
the responsibility of contacting descendants of the Rains family and publishing Notice of the Petition in the
Nashville Ledger without communicating directions appropriate to reasonably assure the non-lawyerâs conduct
was compatible with Mr. Hollemanâs professional obligations. Mr. Holleman misrepresented to the court that
notice of the Petition to Quiet Title had been served by publication when, in fact, the notice had not been
published. Mr. Holleman misrepresented to the court that a descendant of the family buried in the cemetery had
agreed to re-inter the bodies at a perpetual care cemetery, and obtained a default judgment on pleadings that, at
the time the motion was filed, were no longer true as the historic cemetery had been restored.
Mr. Hollemanâs conduct violated Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1 (competence), 1.3
(diligence), 3.1 (meritorious claims and contentions), 5.3 (responsibilities regarding nonlawyer assistants), and
5.4 (professional independence of a lawyer).
A Public Censure is a rebuke and warning to the attorney, but it does not affect the attorneyâs ability to
practice law.
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