TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Oct 10, 2023

Campbell County lawyer Terry Matthew Basista received a public censure today from the Tennessee Supreme Court. Basista won an award of child support for his client by agreement of the parties during a hearing in Claiborne County Chancery Court on July 21, 2015. The court found that he failed to file an order for over two years and failed to stay abreast of the case, resulting in an order of closure being filed on August 18, 2017. By these acts, Basista violated Rules of Professional Conduct 1.3, 1.4 and 3.2.