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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 25, 2022

Madison County lawyer Marcus Allen Lipham was censured today by the Tennessee Supreme Court. The court conditioned the censure on the payment of fees to the Board of Professional Responsibility. The court found that Lipham agreed to represent a client in pursuing claims against a homeowner’s association board but his fee agreement did not adequately specify the scope of representation. Lipham also failed to deposit the client’s unearned fee into his trust account. Later, he failed to timely investigate the merits of the claims, respond promptly to requests for information and notify the client that he was declining to file suit. Lipham entered a Conditional Guilty Plea admitting his conduct violated Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5(b) and 1.15.