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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 25, 2021

Blount County lawyer Charles Alphonso Carpenter was permanently disbarred from the practice of law on Friday. The Tennessee Supreme Court reports that Carpenter consented to disbarment because he could not successfully defend charges filed against him. The court found that Carpenter failed to communicate with clients, file proper pleadings, correct errors in documents submitted and inform clients of his errors. He also received fees but performed no work. In another matter, Carpenter signed the name of his client to an emergency petition and then notarized, with his own notary seal, the signature. He also failed to respond to requests from the Board of Professional Responsibility. His conduct was determined to violate Rules of Professional Conduct 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 8.1(b) and 8.4(a), (c) and (d).