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Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Nov 21, 2025

Rutherford County lawyer Mark Stephen Moore received a public censure from the Tennessee Supreme Court on Nov. 21. The court found that Moore entered the area of the Rutherford County Probate Court containing probate files and, without permission or authority from the clerk or court, removed one file and a portion of a second file. While the file was in his possession, he also placed two documents in the file not properly filed with the court. When the clerk contacted him later the same day to inquire about the removed file and documents, Moore initially denied his conduct. The following day, he admitted his conduct and returned all probate files or related documents in his possession. Neither removal of the files nor adding material to the files had any impact on any probate proceedings. Moore agreed to a conditional guilty plea acknowledging his conduct violated Rules of Professional Conduct 4.1 and 8.4(c).