TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 1, 2021

The Tennessee Supreme Court today amended Rule 8, RPCs 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and 7.5, after considering a TBA petition filed in October asking for the changes, as well as comments from the Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility, the Knoxville Bar Association, the Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association and two individual lawyers. The TBA also submitted a comment that, in large measure, replied to the suggestions and objections raised in other comments. The amendments are set out in the appendices to this order. In a separate order also filed today, the Supreme Court declined to grant the TBA’s petition to amend Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 8, RPC 7.6. The court instead published proposed amendments to RPC 7.6 and to Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 44 and is asking for comments by Nov. 30.