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Court Denies TLFCP Petition to Increase Attorney Registration Fees for Now

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 26, 2022

The Tennessee Supreme Court last week denied a petition from the Tennessee Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection (TLFCP) to increase the annual attorney registration fee from $170 to $185 and to raise the portion of the fee it receives to $25. The court, however, said the petition “highlighted the need for a comprehensive review of the sufficiency of the annual registration fee and the allocation of funds” and that it would conduct such a review itself. At the completion of the review, the court said it would reconsider the request on its own motion. The court did grant two other TLFCP requests: (1) to modify the limitations on payments it may make by increasing the per-attorney cap and making the aggregate cap discretionary; and (2) to require it to publicize information about claims that are paid. These changes were made in Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 25, section 6.01(c), and Rule 9, section 28.11, and are spelled out in the attached order.

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