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BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
1101 KERMIT DRIVE, SUITE 730
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37217
TELEPHONE: (615) 361-7500
(800) 486-5714
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RELEASE OF INFORMATION
RE: DAVID A. LUFKIN, SR., BPR# 007057
CONTACT: SANDY GARRETT
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
August 20, 2009
KNOXVILLE LAWYER SUSPENDED
On August 18, 2009, David A. Lufkin, Sr. of Knoxville, Tennessee, was suspended by the Tennessee
Supreme Court, for two (2) years, ordered to complete thirty (30) additional hours of Continuing Legal
Education and be assigned a practice monitor to monitor his practice and trust and operating accounts for a
period of one (1) year following reinstatement of Mr. Lufkinâs law license.
The Board of Professional Responsibility filed a Petition for Discipline against Mr. Lufkin pursuant to
Rule 9, Rules of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. The Board of Professional Responsibility alleged that Mr.
Lufkin disregarded an Order in a collections case in Washington County Circuit Court and had failed to
accurately advise and forward collected funds to clients and others.
After a hearing, a Hearing Panel recommended Mr. Lufkin be suspended for two (2) years, retroactive to
his Temporary Suspension on October 17, 2006; complete thirty (30) additional hours of Continuing Legal
Education on ethics, trust account management and law practice management and be assigned a practice
monitor to monitor Mr. Lufkinâs law practice and accounts for a period of one (1) year following reinstatement
of his law license.
The Hearing Panel found that Mr. Lufkin violated Disciplinary Rule 7-106 by willfully disregarding an
Order of a Chancellor and Disciplinary Rule 1-102 by representing to clients and others that payments collected
had not been received when in fact the payments had been collected. Neither the Board of Professional
Responsibility nor Mr. Lufkin appealed the Hearing Panelâs Judgment.
Mr. Lufkin was furthered ordered to pay the expenses and costs of the disciplinary proceedings,
pursuant to Rule 9, Section 4.7, of the Rules of the Supreme Court and fully comply in all respects with the
requirements and obligations of suspended attorneys as set forth in Rule 9, Section 18.1 of the Rules of the
Supreme Court.
Mr. Lufkin must comply with Section 19 of Rule 9, Rules of the Supreme Court, should he seek
reinstatement of his law license and not resume the practice of law until reinstated by further order of the
Tennessee Supreme Court.
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