In re Swain

This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the petition for voluntary discipline filed by Respondent James Swain (State Bar No. 693830) pursuant to Bar Rule 4-227 (b) before the issuance of a formal complaint. Swain requests a public reprimand for his admitted violations of Rules 1.2 (d) and 8.4 (a) (4).

From the admissions made in his petition, it appears that Swain, who has been a member of the Tennessee Bar since 1984 and a member of the Georgia Bar since 1994, was hired to create an irrevocable trust for a client’s father, who was hospitalized out of state. Swain created the documents…