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Posted by: Kate Prince on Nov 12, 2020

Davidson County lawyer Ivan Omar Lopez today received a public censure from the Tennessee Supreme Court. The Board of Professional Responsibility filed a petition for discipline after Lopez failed to ensure the timely entry of a final decree of divorce in 2015 and for his failure to take timely action in 2019 after being advised the final decree was not in the court file and had not been entered. Lopez executed a conditional guilty plea acknowledging he had violated Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct 1.3 and 8.4 (d). 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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