TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 13, 2020

The Tennessee Supreme Court today asked for comments on a petition that calls for modifying state rules on lawyer advertising. Comments should be submitted to the court by March 21, 2021, either by email or by mail to Clerk James M. Hivner, Tennessee Appellate Courts, 100 Supreme Court Building, 401 7th Ave. N., Nashville, TN 37219. The petition from the TBA proposes amendments to Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 8 and Rules of Professional Conduct 7.1, 7.2 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 and 7.6 with the goal of (1) culling down restrictions on lawyer advertising to the core requirement that lawyers not make false or misleading statements about themselves or their services, and (2) removing restrictions on communications by lawyers when communications are not likely to cause consumer harm.