TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 17, 2020

The Tennessee Supreme Court today censured Sullivan County lawyer Steven Carl Frazier and ordered him to reimburse his client $2,500 within 90 days. The court found that Frazier (1) improperly shared a fee with an attorney outside his firm without obtaining the written consent of his client; (2) failed to diligently prosecute a civil action, which resulted in the court’s dismissal of the action for lack of prosecution (though he later was able to have the dismissal set aside); and (3) failed to adequately communicate with his client and the Board of Professional Responsibility. His actions were determined to violate Rules of Professional Conduct 1.3, 1.4, 1.5(e), 3.2, 8.1(b) and 8.4(a) and (d).