TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 22, 2018
Shelby County lawyer John Edward Dunlap on Friday received a public censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Dunlap represented a client in a bankruptcy that was dismissed for failure to provide documentation. He failed to respond to his client’s requests for information for two months. In another client matter, Dunlap received a personal injury settlement for his client that he properly held in his trust account. However, the client passed away, and Dunlap mistakenly believed that he complied with a court order to release a portion of the funds to pay a subrogation claim. Over two years later, a third party filed a lawsuit to collect the funds, and Dunlap remitted payment. A public censure is a rebuke and warning to the attorney, but it does not affect the attorney’s ability to practice law.
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