TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 14, 2021

Nashville lawyer Samantha Flener was yesterday given a public censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Flener was licensed to practice law only in the state of New York when she relocated to Tennessee and began work at a firm. She applied for permission to be admitted by UBE Score Transfer with the Board of Law Examiners and her application referenced the need to apply for practice pending admission if she was currently working in Tennessee as a lawyer or other law-related position. Flener did not apply for practice pending admission and was not authorized to practice law in the state until after she had been employed as a firm lawyer for a period of eight months, thus violating Rule of Professional Conduct 5.5 on unauthorized practice of law. A censure is a rebuke and warning to the attorney, but  does not affect the attorney’s ability to practice law.

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