On Friday, January 26, 2024, the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee issued a public censure against attorney Charles Brandon Sproles.
The case is entitled “In the Matter of Charles Brandon Sproles,” with case no. 73985-1-ES.
The charges cited Tennessee Rules of Professional Conduct 1.3, 3.4, and 8.4(d).
According to the filing, Sproles represented a grandmother seeking child support from the parents of her grandchild, whom she had legal custody of. The court heard testimony and income information from both parents and ordered child support to be awarded. However, Sproles delayed over eight months in entering the official order setting the support amounts. During that time, the grandmother took matters into her own hands and opened a case with the local child support office.
The Board found Sproles violated several Rules of Professional Conduct dealing with diligence, fairness to opposing parties, and actions that prejudice the administration of justice. Specifically, his lengthy delay in filing the court order denied the family the owed child support for months.
As a result, the board publicly censured Sproles and required him to pay $1,572 in restitution to his client within 90 days. The action was decided at the Board’s monthly meeting on December 8, 2023, according to the documents signed by Chair Jennifer S. Hagerman. The public censure will now officially be part of Sproles’ record as discipline for his violations of Tennessee’s ethics rules for legal representation.
According to avvo.com, Mr. Sproles is an attorney in Kingsport, Tennessee. He attended the University of Tennessee College of Law. He acquired his law license in Tennessee in 2003.
A copy of the original filing can be found here.
