TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 19, 2021

Shelby County attorney Addie Marie Burks on Jan. 15 received a public censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility. Burks received funds from a client’s case in November 2019, but did not distribute the funds until August 2020, when she directly distributed the funds to the client instead of resolving existing medical liens. Burks did not have a written fee agreement for a contingency fee, and she commingled a small portion of her fee with client funds when she failed to timely remove her entire fee from trust. Burks also failed to timely distribute a small amount to a medical provider for over two years in another matter for the same client. She is required to attend the BPR’s Trust Account Workshop in March.

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