For Failure to Pay the Professional Privilege Tax

The following attorneys were suspended by the Tennessee Supreme Court on Nov. 29, 2012, for failing to pay the state professional privilege tax as required by Tennessee Code Annotated 67-4-1702. Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 9, Section 32, attorneys who fail to pay the fee for at least two consecutive years, are summarily suspended. Attorneys who have since complied with the requirements, and for whom notice has been received from the court, are noted as reinstated.

The TBA provides this information as a member service and not as an official record of an attorney's status. Interested individuals should check with the Board of Professional Responsibility for the official status of a Tennessee licensed attorney.

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TENNESSEE

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Chattanooga
Hannah Christine Stokes – reinstated 12/3/12

Clinton
Roger Anthony Miller – reinstated 12/10/12

Collierville
Johnnie Raymond Candy – reinstated 12/20/12

Franklin
John Jay Clark – reinstated 12/4/12

Germantown
Keith Von Moore
Tamra Jean Sikkink

Knoxville
Thomas Francis Dilustro – reinstated 12/6/12
Vanessa Lynn Lemons
D'Artagnan Honre Perry – reinstated 1/2/13

Memphis
John Bernard Bartels – reinstated 12/13/12
Kerri Gail Campbell
Larry Allan Diamond
Ronald Spearman Johnson
William Shawn Lynch – reinstated 12/12/12
Ruchee Janardan Patel – reinstated 12/4/12
Katherine Evett Smith – reinstated 12/19/12
David Marshall Wray

Millington
Vicki Lynn Green – reinstated 12/8/12

Nashville
Kahliel R. Barlowe – reinstated 12/13/12
Mark Edward Chapman – reinstated 12/3/12
William Claude Collins – reinstated 12/6/12 (relocated to Knoxville)
Mickie Smith Daugherty
Scott David Johannessen – reinstated 12/19/12
Charles Edwin Reed – reinstated 12/6/12

Smyrna
Joseph Edward Beecham

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OUT OF STATE

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Alabama
W. Clyde Harr
Philip Thomas Shanks

California
G. Wynn Smith

Colorado
Dixie White Ishee

Florida
Robert F. Hedgepath
James Edward Moon – reinstated 3/22/13

Georgia
Andrew Charles Matteson
Josephine Latasha Walker

Illinois
Patricia Ann Hardiman

Maryland
John Craig Shiffman

Mississippi
William Wells Berry III
Jennifer Lynn Musselwhite – reinstated 3/19/13
James William Williams – reinstated 7/3/13

Texas
Christine Peterson Nevitt

Wisconsin
Randy Steven Gardner

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Additional Resources

• TBA's Administrative Suspension Directory

• Tennessee Board of Professional Responsibility

• Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 8: Rules of Professional Conduct

• Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9: Disciplinary Enforcement

• Tennessee Supreme Court Board of Judicial Conduct