Exhibit B

REVISED FINAL REPORT

of the

Tennessee Bar Association
Committee for the Study of
Standards of Professional Conduct

Revised Committee Draft of
Proposed Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct

December 3, 2001

NOTE:This draft of the Proposed Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct includes,
after each Proposed Rule, Comment, and Definitional Cross-References, a section entitled
Committee Notes. This section, prepared on behalf of the Committee, includes a brief comparison
of the Proposed Rule to existing Tennessee ethics rules, a brief comparison of the Proposed Rule to
the pertinent provisions of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct; a brief description of
any changes made to the Proposed Rule and Comment after the Committee’s Preliminary Draft,
was issued by the Committee for discussion purposes in November 1997, yet before the Petition
was filed in October 2000; and a brief description of comments received by the Tennessee Supreme
Court or the Committee after the filing of the TBA Petition in October 2000, as well as any
response or changes to the Proposed Rule made by the Committee in response to such comments.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

PREAMBLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

CHAPTER 1. CLIENT-LAWYER RELATIONSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PROPOSED RULE 1.0 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

PROPOSED RULE 1.1

COMPETENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

PROPOSED RULE 1.2SCOPE OF THE REPRESENTATION AND THE
ALLOCATION OF AUTHORITY BETWEEN THE LAWYER AND CLIENT . . . . 14

PROPOSED RULE 1.3

DILIGENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

PROPOSED RULE 1.4

COMMUNICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

PROPOSED RULE 1.5

FEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

PROPOSED RULE 1.6

CONFIDENTIALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

PROPOSED RULE 1.7

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:GENERAL RULE. . . . . 44

PROPOSED RULE 1.8 CONFLICT OF INTEREST:PROHIBITED
TRANSACTIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

PROPOSED RULE 1.9

CONFLICT OF INTEREST: FORMER CLIENT

. . . . 60

PROPOSED RULE 1.10

IMPUTED DISQUALIFICATION: GENERAL RULE

65

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PROPOSED RULE 1.11 SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE
EMPLOYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

PROPOSED RULE 1.12

FORMER JUDGE OR ARBITRATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

PROPOSED RULE 1.13

ORGANIZATIONAL CLIENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

PROPOSED RULE 1.14

CLIENT UNDER A DISABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

PROPOSED RULE 1.15

SAFEKEEPING PROPERTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

PROPOSED RULE 1.16

DECLINING AND TERMINATING REPRESENTATION
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

PROPOSED RULE 1.17

SALE OF A LAW PRACTICE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

CHAPTER 2. THE LAWYER AS COUNSELOR, INTERMEDIARY, AND DISPUTE
RESOLUTION NEUTRAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

PROPOSED RULE 2.1

ADVISOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

PROPOSED RULE 2.2 LAWYER SERVING AS INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN
CLIENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

PROPOSED RULE 2.3

EVALUATION FOR USE BY THIRD PERSONS . . . 112

PROPOSED RULE 2.4

LAWYER AS DISPUTE RESOLUTION NEUTRAL

115

CHAPTER 3. ADVOCATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
PROPOSED RULE 3.1 MERITORIOUS CLAIMS AND CONTENTIONS . . 123

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EXPEDITING LITIGATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

PROPOSED RULE 3.2

PROPOSED RULE 3.3

CANDOR TOWARD THE TRIBUNAL . . . . . . . . . . . 127

PROPOSED RULE 3.4

FAIRNESS TO OPPOSING PARTY AND COUNSEL 141

PROPOSED RULE 3.5

IMPARTIALITY AND DECORUM OF THE TRIBUNAL145

PROPOSED RULE 3.6

TRIAL PUBLICITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

PROPOSED RULE 3.7

LAWYER AS WITNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

PROPOSED RULE 3.8

SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF A PROSECUTOR156

PROPOSED RULE 3.9

ADVOCATE IN NON-ADJUDICATIVE PROCEEDINGS161

CHAPTER 4. TRANSACTIONS WITH PERSONS OTHER THAN CLIENTS . . . . . . . . . 163

PROPOSED RULE 4.1 TRUTHFULNESS AND CANDOR IN STATEMENTS
TO OTHERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

PROPOSED RULE 4.2 COMMUNICATION WITH PERSON REPRESENTED
BY COUNSEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

PROPOSED RULE 4.3

DEALING WITH UNREPRESENTED PERSON . . . 171

PROPOSED RULE 4.4

RESPECT FOR RIGHTS OF THIRD PERSONS173

CHAPTER 5. LAW FIRMS, LEGAL DEPARTMENTS, AND LEGAL SERVICE
ORGANIZATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

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PROPOSED RULE 5.1
LAWYER OR

RESPONSIBILITIES OF A PARTNER, MANAGING
SUPERVISORY LAWYER. . . . . . . . 176

PROPOSED RULE 5.2

RESPONSIBILITIES OF A

SUBORDINATE LAWYER180

PROPOSED RULE 5.3 RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING NONLAWYER
ASSISTANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

PROPOSED RULE 5.4

PROFESSIONAL INDEPENDENCE OF A LAWYER 184

PROPOSED RULE 5.5

UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW . . . . . . . . . . 187

PROPOSED RULE 5.6

RESTRICTIONS ON RIGHT TO PRACTICE . . . . . . 189

PROPOSED RULE 5.7 RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING LAW-RELATED
SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

CHAPTER 6. PUBLIC SERVICE

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

PROPOSED RULE 6.1

PRO BONO PUBLICO REPRESENTATION. . . . . . 195

PROPOSED RULE 6.2

ACCEPTING COURT APPOINTMENTS . . . . . . . . . 199

PROPOSED RULE 6.3 MEMBERSHIP IN LEGAL SERVICES
ORGANIZATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

PROPOSED RULE 6.4 LAW REFORM ACTIVITIES AFFECTING CLIENT
INTERESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

CHAPTER 7. INFORMATION ABOUT LEGAL SERVICES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

PROPOSED RULE 7.1COMMUNICATIONS CONCERNING A LAWYER’S
SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

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PROPOSED RULE 7.2ADVERTISING AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
NOT DIRECTED TO
SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED RECIPIENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

PROPOSED RULE 7.3
SOLICITATION AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTED TO
SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED RECIPIENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

PROPOSED RULE 7.4

COMMUNICATION OF FIELDS OF PRACTICE . . 217

PROPOSED RULE 7.5

FIRM NAMES AND LETTERHEADS . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

PROPOSED RULE 7.6

INTERMEDIARY ORGANIZATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

CHAPTER 8. MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROFESSION. . . . . . . . . . . . 234

PROPOSED RULE 8.1

BAR ADMISSION AND DISCIPLINARY MATTERS 234

PROPOSED RULE 8.2

JUDICIAL AND LEGAL OFFICIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

PROPOSED RULE 8.3

REPORTING PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT

. . 238

PROPOSED RULE 8.4

MISCONDUCT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

PROPOSED RULE 8.5

DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITY; CHOICE OF LAW. 246

PROPOSED TRANSITION RULEGOVERNING
IMPLEMENTATION OF TENNESSEE
RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

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