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1N DISCIPLINARY DISTRICT V
OF THE
BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE
SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
IN RE: ROBIN JEFFREY GORDON, #14618 FILE NO. 402400w5~ES
Respondent, an attomey licensed
to practice law in Tennessee
(Davidson County)
PUBLIC CENSURB
The above complaint was ï¬led against Robin Jeffrey Gordon, an attorney licensed to
practice law in Tennessee, alleging certain acts of misconduct, Pursuant to Tenn 8111).. Ct. R. 9,_
the Board of Professional Responsibility considered these matters at its meeting on March 10,
201 7.
A client hireï¬ Mr. GordonTâS law ï¬rm to represent him in modifying a pmâentiog bian in.
April 2013. An associate attorney at Respondentâs firm handled the matten and the parties signed
an agreed modiï¬ed parenting plan on August 2, 2014. The associate attorney filed a proposed
agreed order entering the signed agreed parenting plan, but then left employment of the firm in
September 2014. In mid~Novembor 2014, a legal assistant discovered that there was a problem
with the proposed agreed order and notiï¬ed Mr. Gordon. On December 18, 201% Mr. Gordon roe
filed the proposed agreed order, but failed to ï¬le the ohitd support worksheet. 011 January 28,
2015, Respondent ï¬ied a child support worksheet, but did not send it to the judgeâs chambers. The
court ultimately signed tho agreed order on April 23, 2015.
Mr. Gordonâs failure to ensure that the proposed agreed order was timely signed by the
judge, after he became aware of the problem in November 2014, is in violation of Rule 1.3
(diligence) and 32 (expediting litigation). Mr. Gordon is hereby Publicly Cengured for these
violations.
FOR THE BOARD OF
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY