TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 24, 2023

Hamilton County lawyer David James Fulton was yesterday publicly censured by the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Fulton filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy documents for a client without having the client sign hard copies of the documents. Fulton then filed eight documents that included his client’s electronic signature. Local Rules for the Bankruptcy Court require the attorney to maintain an original signature for any document electronically signed by the client. Fulton later submitted new filings with the court that did have original signatures. He was sanctioned by the court for these actions, but the client’s bankruptcy was completed.

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