Local Rule 2090-2: Attorneys — Discipline & Disbarment

2090-2 Attorneys — Discipline & Disbarment

(a) Enforcement of Standards of Professional Conduct. The standards of professional conduct for any attorney who appears for any purpose shall include the current rules of professional conduct adopted by the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee ("Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct").

(b) Disbarment and Discipline.

(1) Any attorney who appears for any purpose submits to the discipline of this court. A violation of any of the current Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct in connection with any matter pending before this court subjects the offending attorney to appropriate disciplinary action.

(2) Except as provided below, United States District Court's Local Civil Rule of Court ("LR") 83.01(c) applies to all attorneys who appear before the bankruptcy court. For cause shown, attorneys who practice in this court, after an opportunity to be heard has been given, may be suspended from practice, reprimanded, or subject to such other discipline as the court may deem proper.

(3) The court may, en banc, hear and act upon any disciplinary matter in connection with any complaints of professional misconduct by an attorney who practices before this court. In the alternative, or in conjunction with any disciplinary action, the court may forward any complaints to the appropriate disciplinary authority.