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Securities and investor fraud in Tennessee: market data

What public records say about the market for securities and investor fraud in Tennessee: how much demand the courts and agencies count, how many law offices serve it, how many people need help in Spanish, and the ad rules that apply. Every number links to the record it comes from.

Built 2026-10-29 from the open datasets below · CC BY 4.0 · Not legal advice

Nearby data

Start from what Tennessee publishes: the practice areas with the most public figures, and the states with the most data for securities and investor fraud. Each links to its own record-by-record page.

Practice areas with the most demand figures in Tennessee

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Lawyer supply

How many law offices and lawyers the federal statistics count here.

MeasureValuePeriodPlaceSource
New lawyers admitted950
lawyers a year
2025Tennessee
state
bar-pipeline v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443
record tn-bar-pipeline · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Counties under 1 law office per 10,000 residents5
counties
2026-Q1Tennessee
state
deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430
record deserts-47 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Counties with no law office2
counties
2026-Q1Tennessee
state
deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430
record deserts-47 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Residents living in those low-office counties1
percent of residents
2026-Q1Tennessee
state
deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430
record deserts-47 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Employer law firms2,210
firms
2022Tennessee
state
law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997
record lfe-tn-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Receipts of employer law firms3,234,950,000
US dollars
2022Tennessee
state
law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997
record lfe-tn-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Law offices per 10,000 residents4.41
per 10,000 residents
2026-Q1Tennessee
state
law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415
record law-offices-47 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms)4,902
firms
latest Nonemployer Statistics yearTennessee
state
law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415
record law-offices-47 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Private law offices3,226
establishments
2026-Q1Tennessee
state
law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415
record law-offices-47 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Lawyers employed (wage-earning, BLS OEWS)9,010
jobs
May 2025Tennessee
state
lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840
record lawyer-wages:TN:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
Median annual wage of employed lawyers136,180
US dollars a year
May 2025Tennessee
state
lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840
record lawyer-wages:TN:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28

Spanish-language demand

People who speak Spanish and speak English less than very well, and the lawyers who speak Spanish, from the Census Bureau survey (with margins of error).

MeasureValuePeriodPlaceSource
Spanish speakers with limited English (ACS)168,866 ±4,435
people age 5+
2020-2024Tennessee
state
language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758
record language:state:TN:spanish-lep · status P · checked 2026-10-25
Spanish speakers with limited English168,866 ±4,316
people age 5+
2020-2024Tennessee
state
legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886
record legal-need-tn · status P · checked 2026-10-28

Ad rules that apply

The rules a law firm's ads in Tennessee have to meet, summarized from the official texts. The full rules, with quotes, are on the state page.

TopicStatusWhat it says
Ad filing or reviewP
primary source
No filing or pre-approval. A lawyer keeps a copy or recording of each ad for 2 years after its last use, with when and where it appeared (7.1(c)).
official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28
Required contentP
primary source
Every ad must include the name and contact information of at least one lawyer or firm responsible for its content (7.1(b)). A written, recorded or electronic solicitation to someone known to need legal help in a matter carries the words "advertising material"…
official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28
Waiting periods for contactP
primary source
30 days. A lawyer may not solicit, for pecuniary gain, a person about a personal injury, divorce or legal separation, workers' compensation or wrongful death matter, or an accident or disaster involving that person or family, unless the event was more than 30…
official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28
Claims and resultsP
primary source
A communication may not be false or misleading, or omit a fact needed to keep it from misleading (7.1(a)). Results may mislead if they create an unjustified expectation of the same outcome, and an unsubstantiated comparison may mislead (7.1 cmt. [3]).
official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28
Paying for referralsP
primary source
A lawyer may not give anything of value to a non-firm person for recommending or securing the lawyer's services, except ad costs, an intermediary organization's usual charges under RPC 7.6, a practice sale, sponsorship fees or charitable gifts that buy…
official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28
Call recordingD
default rule
Tennessee: the state recording statute is not verified against an official text. Federal law (18 U.S.C. § 2511(2)(d)) lets a party to a call, or someone with one party's prior consent, record it; state law may be stricter.
TextingD
default rule
Tennessee: the state telemarketing statute is not verified against an official text. The federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 U.S.C. § 227) and its rules apply.
Drug and device injury ads (state statute)P
primary source
Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 47-18-5601 to 47-18-5606 (Pub. Ch. 119, S.B. 352 / H.B. 352, 2019) (effective 2019-07-01): Tennessee covers every kind of "legal advertisement": television, radio, internet, newspapers and periodicals, outdoor displays and other written,…
official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28
Ad filing or reviewP
primary source
Tennessee: no filing or review of lawyer ads is required.
official source · filing v1.2.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721409 · checked 2026-10-25
Paying for referralsP
primary source
Lawyers in different firms may split a fee if the split matches the work each does, or if each lawyer takes joint responsibility for the case, and the total fee is reasonable.
official source · referral v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23747113 · checked 2026-10-27

Tennessee lawyer advertising rules

Prices and pay (national)

MeasureValuePeriodPlaceSource
Jobs in legal services (seasonally adjusted)1,249
thousand jobs
2026-09United States
United States
legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854
record legal-prices:CES6054110001:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
CPI-U: legal services230
index
2026-09United States
United States
legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854
record legal-prices:CUUR0000SEGC01:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28
PPI: offices of lawyers338
index
2026-09United States
United States
legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854
record legal-prices:PCU541110541110:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28

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The rows behind this page, with every dataset, version, DOI, record id and check date.

Cite as: Probative Growth, The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443); Legal deserts: law offices and lawyers per resident in every U.S. county v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430); Spanish-speaking demand vs Spanish-speaking lawyer supply, by state and metro v1.1.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758); Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997); Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415); Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840); Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886); Legal-services prices and jobs, monthly (BLS CPI, PPI and CES) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854); CC BY 4.0. https://probativegrowth.com/markets/tennessee/investor-claims/

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How this page is built

Each figure is copied from one record of the dataset named with it, joined to this state and practice through the open practice and place crosswalk. Nothing is estimated. Methods, inputs and limits.

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