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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 10, 2020

Memphis lawyer Marie A. Washington received a censure from the Tennessee Supreme Court today. The court found that Washington violated a number of ethics rules, including failing to adequately communicate the terms of her fee agreement; applying to the court for payment of fees in excess of what was provided to her client; failing to notify the court she had been paid by her client for some of the fees included in her fee application; and failing to safeguard funds until the dispute with her former client was resolved. The court found that these acts violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.4, 1.5, 1.15, 3.3 and 8.4(a)(c)(d).