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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 10, 2026

Anderson County attorney David A. Stuart received a public censure from the Board of Professional Responsibility on July 10. The board determined that Stuart violated Rule of Professional Conduct 5.1(a) when he failed to supervise a nonlawyer employee at his firm. After agreeing to represent a client in an immigration matter, Stuart assigned the calendaring of applicable deadlines to the nonlawyer employee. That employee failed to calendar the deadline for filing a pleading and overlooked a notice that the government filed for an order of removal. As a result, no response was filed and an order of removal was entered. Stuart later filed a motion to reopen, which was granted by the tribunal.