TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 29, 2020

Davidson County lawyer A. Sais Phillips Finney received a public censure from the Tennessee Supreme Court yesterday for violations of Rules of Professional Conduct 1.3, 1.4, 1.16, 3.4(c) and 8.4(d). Finney was representing a client in a custody matter in juvenile court when the father of the children asked that a request for rehearing be withdrawn. Finney told her client that she would seek reimbursement of attorney fees against the father, but she did not file the motion. She also failed to respond to at least two requests in writing from her client to provide an affidavit to assist in seeking reimbursement of the fees and failed to respond to an order from the court that she provide an affidavit of fees and signed retainer letter directly to the court. Due to her lack of response, the client’s request for fees against the father was eventually dismissed.