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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 27, 2023

Puerto Rico lawyer Rafael Velez on Friday was suspended from the practice of law in Tennessee for one year, with 30 days to be served on active suspension and the remainder on probation. The probation is conditioned on compliance with a practice monitoring agreement and payment of all costs and fees associated with the disciplinary action. Velez agreed to a conditional guilty plea as to two separate disciplinary complaints and acknowledged his conduct violated Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.15, 1.16(d), 3.2, 3.4(c), and 8.1(b).