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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 17, 2021

Shelby County lawyer Elbert Everett Edwards received a censure today from the Supreme Court of Tennessee. The court conditioned the censure on Edwards attending the next Board of Professional Responsibility Ethics Workshop. The court found that while working as a contract attorney for a debt collection company, Edwards failed to contact a client, who was unaware of the representation. The client later objected to the contingency fee charged by Edwards after collecting the debt. Edwards agreed to a conditional guilty plea admitting his conduct violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.2, 1.4 and 8.4.