BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (2025)
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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
Website: www.tbpr.org
RELEASE OF INFORMATION
RE: RUSSELL SHANE MAINORD, BPR #027396
CONTACT: MAUREEN F. HUGHES
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
615-361-7500
January 30, 2025
GRUNDY COUNTY LAWYER CENSURED
On January 29, 2025, Russell Shane Mainord, an attorney licensed to practice law in Tennessee,
received a Public Censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Mr. Mainord represented three separate clients in immigration cases. In the first complaint, Mr. Mainord
charged an unreasonable fee, failed to communicate with his client, and failed to exercise supervisory authority
over an attorney in his firm. In the second complaint, Mr. Mainord failed to provide his client with a copy of
his files after he was terminated and failed to take proper action on behalf of his clients when he failed to file
court documents. In the third complaint, Mr. Mainord failed to exercise managerial and supervisory authority
over his nonlawyer staff, which caused a delay in the proceedings. In all three cases Mr. Mainord failed to
diligently represent his clients and their interests.
By these acts, Mr. Mainord has violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1 (competence); 1.3
(diligence); 1.4 (communication); 1.15 (safekeeping property and funds); 1.16 (declining or terminating
representation); 3.2 (expediting litigation); 5.1 (responsibilities of partners, managers and supervisory lawyers);
and 5.3 (responsibilities regarding nonlawyer assistants), and is hereby Publicly Censured for these violations.
Additionally, as a condition of the Public Censure, Mr. Mainord shall refund $1700 in attorney fees to the client
in the first complaint, $4000 in attorney fees to the client in the second complaint, and $3500 in attorney fees to
the client in the third complaint, within 60 days of issuance of this Public Censure.
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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