Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee

I have had a VERY negative experience with the board of professional responsibility. If you read the purpose of the board and the attorney's code of conduct it is apparent that no lies or cheating SHOULD be tolerated. However, in my experience, the board has favored the dishonest, cheating attorneys as opposed to helping protect the innocent. First of all, if you're reading this review, you're probably already disgusted by one or more TN attorneys - rest assured, you're NOT going to get any relief from the board. When I contacted the board they assured me that the attorney who had literally abused me should be disciplined. Yet, they requested me to spend MY HARD EARNED money to hire another attorney to fight the jerk who had abused me. OK, so I hired an attorney, spent thousands of dollars arguing with her that she should protect my interests and request sanctions against the opposing "attorney" who had lied and cheated. She finally filed for sanctions only to have the jerk file an amended motion in which he corrected his lies. Yet his lies never stopped - i complained to the board again - same answer - hire a lawyer to file for sanctions. When i told them that i could no longer afford a lawyer they sent me a list of TN lawyers to see if i could afford one! What a scam! After representing myself for a while I had to break down and find a cheaper attorney because TN judges don't listen to people who represent themselves. This is the biggest form of racketeering ever known to mankind. The lawyer I hired swore that she hated the jerk who abused me and that she would fight him to death. Yet, during the hearings she bent over backwards to please the jerk. Again, I complained to the board, asking to discipline the attorney who scammed me and didn't do what she was supposed to do (she also charged me a whole lot for doing nothing - many charges which she never proved she spent ANY time on). The "action" from the board was to forward my complaint back to her. The bottom line - don't waste your time with the board. They do NOTHING for you and they don't practice what is documented in their own code of conduct. Once you are in legal proceedings you'll be screwed, majorly and no one will care. When it comes to lawyers and judges, TN is as corrupt of a state as it gets. All you can do is pray.