TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 10, 2025

The Tennessee Supreme Court imposed a public censure on Bedford County lawyer Richard Lamar Dugger on April 9. The court found that Dugger violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, 1.3, 3.2 and 3.4 in representing one client in a bankruptcy case and a second client in a landlord tenant case. In the first complaint, the court found that Dugger failed to include his client’s home in a bankruptcy matter, which resulted in his client’s home being foreclosed. In the second matter, Dugger failed to appear in court, failed to take action following the entry of an adverse judgment against his client and delayed the outcome of the case.