Faculty Profile: Brian Faughnan

Brian FaughnanFaughnan Law, PLLC
Previous Courses Taught (249)
  • Tort & Insurance Forum 2023: Can I Get a Witness?
  • Ethics Homeshow: AI, Ethics Rules and More! The Song Remains the Same
  • Ethics Homeshow: AI, Ethics Rules and More! The Song Remains the Same
  • Ethics Roadshow 2022: While You Were Sheltering
  • Hot Topics in Real Estate 2023
  • 35th Annual Health Law Forum
  • Tort & Insurance Annual Forum 2023
  • Ethics Roadshow 2022: While You Were Sheltering
  • Ethics Roadshow Nashville 2022
  • Ethics Roadshow Memphis 2022
  • Ethics Roadshow Chattanooga 2022
  • Ethics Roadshow Knoxville 2022
  • 2021 Ethics Homeshow Day 2: Ethics Peril!
  • 2021 Ethics Homeshow Day 1: Ethics Peril!
  • Business Law 2021: The Art & Science of Business Valuation: Competence and Other Professional Responsibility Issues
  • Tort and Insurance 2021: Can I Get a Witness?
  • 2021 Ethics Homeshow Day 2: Ethics Peril!
  • 2021 Ethics Homeshow Day 1: Ethics Peril!
  • 2021 Ethics Homeshow: Ethics Peril! Day 2 Registration
  • 2021 Ethics Homeshow: Ethics Peril! Day 1 Registration
  • 2021 Ethics Homeshow: Ethics Peril! (I Can’t Believe We’re Still Doing This…): 2-Day Full Registration
  • Ethics Homeshow 2020
  • 3 Hours of Dual CLE! Ethics Homeshow 2020
  • Hot Topics in Real Estate 2020: Vacation Homes, Mobile Phones, And Student Loans: RPC 5.5 In a (Hopefully) Post-Pandemic World
  • Business Law Forum 2021: Day 2 ONLY Registration
  • Business Law Forum 2021: 2-Day, Full Program Registration
  • Hot Topics in Real Estate 2019: Rule 2.2 vs 5.7 vs 1.7
  • Tort and Insurance Winter Forum 2021
  • 3 Hours of Dual CLE! Ethics Homeshow 2020
  • Ethics Homeshow 2020
  • Ethics Roadshow 2019-Nashville: Part 2
  • Ethics Roadshow 2019-Nashville: Part 1
  • Hot Topics in Real Estate 2020
  • Ethics Roadshow 2019-Nashville: Part 2
  • Ethics Roadshow 2019-Nashville: Part 1
  • Business Law 2019: Professional Conduct and the Drafting of LLC Operating Agreements
  • Ethics Roadshow 2019 (Johnson City)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2019 (Jackson)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2019 (Nashville)
  • Ethics Roadshow (Memphis)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2019 (Chattanooga)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2019 (Knoxville)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2018: Part 2
  • Ethics Roadshow 2018: Part 1
  • Hot Topics in Real Estate 2019
  • #MeToo: Ethical Implications of Supreme Court Model Rule Change on Discrimination
  • Business Law Forum 2019
  • A Tour of Tennessee Attorney’s Trust Account Handbook
  • Ethics Roadshow 2018 (Johnson City)
  • DeleteEthics Roadshow 2018 (Johnson City)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2018 (Jackson)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2018 (Memphis)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2018 (Nashville)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2017: Part Two
  • Ethics Roadshow 2017: Part One
  • Ethics Roadshow 2018 (Knoxville)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2018 (Chattanooga)
  • Ethical Dilemma Exploration
  • Analysis by Scenario: Tennessee Ethics
  • Beyond Black Letter Law: Tennessee Ethics
  • Increasing Your Awareness: Tennessee Ethics
  • Situations, Questions and Answers: Tennessee Ethics
  • #MeToo CLE
  • Modern Law Practice Series: Consumer-Facing Service and the Impact on Law Practice [Webcast]
  • A Tour of Tennessee Attorney’s Trust Account Handbook
  • Ethics Roadshow 2017 (Johnson City)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2017 (Jackson)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2017 (Chattanooga)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2017 (Knoxville)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2017 (Nashville)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2017 (Memphis)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2016: More Ethical by the Dozen Part 2
  • Ethics Roadshow 2016: More Ethical by the Dozen Part 1
  • Modern Law Practice Series: Legal Services Management Companies Changing Law Practice [Webcast]
  • Can I Get A Witness (to talk to me)? Ethics CLE
  • TBA 2017 Annual Review in Memphis (Fast Track 15 Hours)
  • Ethical Dilemma Exploration
  • Situations, Questions and Answers: Tennessee Ethics
  • Increasing Your Awareness: Tennessee Ethics
  • Beyond Black Letter Law: Tennessee Ethics
  • Analysis by Scenario: Tennessee Ethics
  • Modern Law Practice Series: Consumer-Facing Service and the Impact on Law Practice [Webcast]
  • Modern Law Practice Series: Consumer-Facing Service and the Impact on Law Practice
  • A Tour of Tennessee Attorney’s Trust Account Handbook
  • Modern Law Practice Series: Legal Services Management Companies Changing Law Practice [Webcast]
  • Ethics Roadshow 2016 (Johnson City)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2016 (Knoxville)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2016 (Chattanooga)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2016 (Jackson)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2016 (Nashville)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2015 Part 2
  • Ethics Roadshow 2015 Part 1
  • Ethics Roadshow 2016 (Memphis)
  • Modern Law Practice Series: Legal Services Management Companies Changing Law Practice
  • 28th Annual Health Law Forum
  • Analysis by Scenario: Tennessee Ethics
  • Beyond Black Letter Law: Tennessee Ethics
  • Increasing Your Awareness: Tennessee Ethics
  • Situations, Questions and Answers: Tennessee Ethics
  • Ethical Dilemma Exploration
  • Can I Get A Witness (to talk to me)? Ethics CLE
  • Litigation: Ethics 2015
  • A Tour of Tennessee Attorney’s Trust Account Handbook
  • A Tour of Tennessee Attorney’s Trust Account Handbook
  • Ethics Roadshow 2015 (Cookeville)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2015 (Knoxville)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2015 (Chattanooga)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2015 (Johnson City)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2015 (Nashville)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2015 (Memphis)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2014: Part 2
  • Ethics Roadshow 2014: Part 1
  • When Things Go Sour: Ethical Issues for Lawyers Regarding Disputes With Clients
  • Smith v. UHS of Lakeside - Tennessee Addresses the Problems of Judicial "Plagiarism"
  • Situations, Questions and Answers: Tennessee Ethics
  • Increasing Your Awareness: Tennessee Ethics
  • Beyond Black Letter Law: Tennessee Ethics
  • Analysis by Scenario: Tennessee Ethics
  • Ethical Dilemma Exploration
  • Litigation Forum 2015
  • Making the Most of Discovery: What You Don’t Know Can Come Back to Haunt You [Memphis]
  • The Second Wave of Litigation Funding – Practical Issues and Ethical Considerations
  • A Tour of Tennessee Attorney’s Trust Account Handbook
  • Ethics Roadshow 2014 (Chattanooga)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2014 (Johnson City)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2014 (Knoxville)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2014 (Cookeville)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2013 Part 2
  • Ethics Roadshow 2013 Part 1
  • Ethics Roadshow 2014 (Nashville)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2014 (Jackson)
  • Ethics Roadshow 2014 (Memphis)
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Situations, Questions, and Answers
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Analysis by Scenario
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Increasing Your Awareness
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Beyond Black Letter Law
  • New Disciplinary Rules: Rule 9: What’s New, What’s Unchanged, and What’s to be Expected in 2014
  • 26th Annual Health Law Forum
  • Ethical Dilemmas for All Lawyers
  • Notary Public Ethics
  • Tort and Insurance 2013: Ethics for Tort Lawyers
  • Ethics Roadshow 2013 (3 Dual Hours) Cookeville
  • Ethics Roadshow 2013 (3 Dual Hours) Chattanooga
  • Ethics Roadshow 2013 (3 Dual Hours) Knoxville
  • Ethics Roadshow 2013 (3 Dual Hours) Nashville
  • Ethics Roadshow 2013 (3 Dual Hours) Memphis
  • Ethics Roadshow 2012: Part 2 [Mobile Ready]
  • Ethics Roadshow 2012: Part 1 [Mobile Ready]
  • Malpractice Prevention and Insurance
  • New Rules Governing Disciplinary Enforcement For Attorneys Effective January 1 (3 Dual Hours)
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Situations, Questions, and Answers
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Analysis by Scenario
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Increasing Your Awareness
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Beyond Black Letter Law
  • General Practice: The Ethics of Co-Counsel and Referral Relationships
  • Saturday Ethics Program 2013: Coffee Anyone?
  • General Practice Summit 2013 - Nashville
  • Ethical Dilemmas for All Lawyers: 2012
  • Litigation and The Golden Rule
  • Litigation: Ethics of Co-Counsel and Referral Relationships
  • Tort & Insurance Forum 2013
  • Ethics Roadshow 2012 Memphis
  • Ethics Roadshow 2012 Nashville
  • Ethics Roadshow 2012 Cookeville
  • Ethics Roadshow 2011: Part 2
  • Ethics Roadshow 2011: Part 1
  • Ethics Roadshow 2012 Chattanooga
  • Ethics Roadshow 2012 Knoxville
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Situations, Questions, and Answers
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Analysis by Scenario
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Increasing Your Awareness
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Beyond Black Letter Law
  • Saturday Ethics Program 2012: Coffee Anyone?
  • General Practice Bootcamp 2012 - Nashville
  • General Practice: Malpractice Prevention and Insurance
  • The New Tort Law Landscape: Ethics
  • Litigation Forum 2012
  • Beginning & Ending The Lawyer Client Relationship 2011
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Situations, Questions, and Answers 2011
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Analysis by Scenario 2011
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Increasing Your Awareness 2011
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Beyond Black Letter Law 2011
  • Ethics Roadshow 2011 Nashville
  • Ethics Roadshow 2011 Memphis
  • Ethics Roadshow 2011 Johnson City
  • Ethics Roadshow 2011 Knoxville
  • Ethics Roadshow 2011 Chattanooga
  • Ethics Roadshow 2010, Part 1
  • Ethics Roadshow 2010, Part 2
  • Saturday Ethics Program: Coffee Anyone?
  • General Practice Bootcamp 2011 - Nashville
  • Tort Revision 2011
  • Ethical Dilemmas for All Lawyers
  • Ethical Issues for the Estate Planner
  • Beginning & Ending The Lawyer Client Relationship
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Situations, Questions, and Answers
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Analysis by Scenario
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Increasing Your Awareness
  • Ethics for Tennessee Lawyers: Beyond Black Letter Law
  • Ethics Roadshow: 2010 Chattanooga
  • Ethics Roadshow: 2010 Knoxville
  • Ethics Roadshow: 2010 Johnson City
  • Ethics Roadshow: 2010 Nashville
  • Ethics Roadshow: 2010 Cookeville
  • Ethics Roadshow: 2010 Memphis
  • Ethics Roadshow 2009, Part 2
  • Ethics Roadshow 2009, Part 1
  • Get The 411 on MJP in Tennessee
  • Guide to Expert Witness: Ethics
  • Estate Planning Forum 2010
  • Demystifying the Ethics Process
  • Revisions to the TN Rules of Professional Conduct
  • Ethics & The Corporate Lawyer in the Post Sarbanes-Oxley World
  • Ethics: Confidentiality Part II
  • Ethics: Confidentiality Part I
  • Ethics Roadshow: 2009 Chattanooga
  • Ethics Roadshow: 2009 Knoxville
  • Ethics Roadshow: 2009 Nashville
  • Ethics Roadshow: 2009 Johnson City
  • Ethics Roadshow: 2009 Memphis
  • Ethics Roadshow: 2009 Cookeville
  • Transitional Legal Education CLE Program: 2009
  • 21st Annual Health Law Forum
  • General Practice Summit 2009
  • General Practice: Ethics
  • Guide to Expert Witness
  • Transitional Legal Education Program
  • Ethics Roadshow 2007: Cells, Lies, and Videotape: The Ethics of Investigations Part II
  • Ethics Roadshow 2007: Cells, Lies, and Videotape: The Ethics of Investigations Part I
  • Tennessee Corporate Counsel Forum: 2009
  • YLD Ethics Forum 2008
  • The New Lawyer Experience:
  • What Every Corporate Attorney Should Know: Ethics
  • What Every Corporate Attorney Should Know: Attorney-Client Privilege
  • What Every Corporate Attorney Should Know: E-Discovery
  • Hot Topics in Real Estate 2008
  • General Practice Summit 2008
  • Ethics & the Corporate Lawyer in the Post Sarbanes-Oxley World
  • YLD Ethics Forum: Demystifying the State Disciplinary Process
  • What Every Corporate Attorney Should Know
  • YLD New Lawyer Experience
  • E-Discovery and New Rules for Civil Procedure
  • Ethics Road Show 2007
  • What Every Corporate Attorney Should Know: E-Discovery COPY
  • What Every Corporate Attorney Should Know: Attorney-Client Privilege COPY
  • Ethics Road Show
  • Ethics Road Show
  • Ethics Road Show
  • Ethics Road Show
Biography

I am a sole practitioner and owner of Faughnan Law, PLLC, located in Memphis.  Prior to founding my firm, I practiced law for twenty-three years in large and mid-sized full-service law firms.  In addition to handling business litigation and appellate litigation, my practice focuses heavily on solving problems for lawyers. Over the years, I have represented hundreds of lawyers and law firms.  This has included representing lawyers in disciplinary matters, law firms and lawyers in litigation matters, and lawyers and law firms by consulting on other matters involving professional liability. I have also served as an expert witness in a variety matters in federal and state courts in Tennessee.

I have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Appellate Law since 2009, for Litigation – First Amendment since 2011, and for Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law since 2019.  I am listed as a “Super Lawyer” by Mid-South Super Lawyers, and have an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell.  I was named the Best Lawyers 2017 Appellate Practice “Lawyer of the Year” in Memphis.  I served as the Chair of the TBA’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility for thirteen years, stepping down in 2022, and am a past member of the TBA’s Board of Governors.

I am also the Immediate Past President of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers.