The Board of Professional Responsibility will be closed on Friday, March 29, 2024, in observance of Good Friday. 

New Formal Ethics Opinion 2017-F-162 -- Workers Compensation

The Board of Professional Responsibility was requested by the State of Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Department of Labor and Workforce Development to issue a Formal Ethics Opinion regarding the extent to which an ombudsman attorney may provide “limited legal advice” within the meaning of Tenn. Code Ann. Section 50-6-216(e)(3) which provides that “[a]n ombudsman who is not a licensed attorney shall not provide legal advice however, an ombudsman who is a licensed attorney may provide limited legal advice however, an ombudsman who is a licensed attorney may provide limited legal advice but shall not represent any party as the party’s attorney.  No ombudsman shall make attorney referrals.”

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