Administrative Suspensions

Suspensions

2012 Fee & IOLTA Suspensions

Posted on: Mar 12, 2012

Failure to File the Annual Fee and/or IOLTA Report

The Tennessee Supreme Court has issued a number of orders suspending Tennessee-licensed attorneys who do not pay their 2012 registration fee to the Board of Professional Responsibility and/or do not file a mandatory compliance statement that eligible client funds are held in accounts participating in the Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program. Those names appear first. The court also has issued separate orders for those attorneys who file their IOLTA report but do not pay their fee, and those attorneys who pay their fee but do not file the IOLTA report. Those names appear after the joint suspension list.

Beginning in January 2012, the court began entering suspension orders on a monthly basis, based on attorney birthdates. Suspension lists will be issued each month for those attorneys who do not meet filing requirements for that month. 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.

Failure to File Annual Fee and IOLTA Report

Download the March 12 order
Download the March 27 order
Download the April 26 order
Download the June 6 order
Download the June 26 order
Download the Aug. 8 order
Download the Sept. 11 order
Download the Oct. 9 order
Download the Nov. 28 order
Download the Dec. 18 order

TENNESSEE

Athens
Mary Ann Michel Dalton (10/9/12) – reinstated 10/11/12

Brentwood
William Henry Burford (6/6/12)

Camden
Alan George Ward (6/6/12) – reinstated 7/8/12

Chattanooga
Owen Stuart Brown (12/18/12) – reinstated 12/26/12
Dale Lane Buchanan (9/11/12) – reinstated 9/25/12
James Gordon Petty (6/26/12)
Bonny Elizabeth Roderick (3/12/12) – reinstated 7/10/12 (relocated to Hixson)
Matthew Alexander Salada (4/26/12) – reinstated 6/14/12
Angela B. Sims (6/26/12) – reinstated 8/27/12
Gerald Webb Jr. (10/9/12) – reinstated 10/11/12

Clarksville
Christopher Allen Smith (8/8/12) – reinstated 8/10/12

Collierville
Latrena Davis Ingram (11/28/12) – reinstated 10/7/12

Cookeville
Edwin Gray Sadler (4/26/12) – reinstated 4/30/12

Cumberland Furnace
Columbus Wade Bobo (6/6/12) – reinstated 7/5/12

Franklin
Philip Sack Clark (6/26/12) – reinstated 7/5/12
Kimberly Ki Hollingshead (9/11/12) – reinstated 9/28/12 (relocated to Antioch)
Thomas Holland McKinnie Jr. (6/26/12) – reinstated 7/9/12

Gallatin
Carrie Nourse Pinkston (12/18/12) – reinstated 3/13/13 (relocated to Nashville)

Germantown
Lauren M. Howe (4/26/12)
Earl Frank Johnson (11/28/12)
Michael Randolph Kelly (6/6/12) – reinstated 7/6/12 (relocated to Memphis)
Jerry Francis Taylor (12/18/12) – reinstated 1/15/13

Jackson
Roger Alan Staton (4/26/12)

Jasper
Howard Graham Swafford (12/18/12) – reinstated 1/14/13

Kingsport
James Harrison Jr. Beeler (11/28/12) – reinstated 12/4/12

Knoxville
Robert Lawson Cheek Jr. (11/28/12)
Adam Arthur Edwards (6/26/12) – reinstated 8/2/12
Kaden Fox (10/9/12) – reinstated 1/6/14 (relocated to Spring Hill)
Patricia Anne Greer (6/26/12) – reinstated 7/2/12
Josiah M. Hoover (8/8/12)
Ronald Arthur Jenkins (12/18/12) – reinstated 1/2/13
Sherry Lynn Mahar (4/26/12) – reinstated 4/30/12
Robert Alma Matson (11/28/12)
Laura Elizabeth Metcalf (10/9/12) – reinstated 10/11/12
Ronald A. Rayson (3/27/12) – reinstated 3/30/12
Erin Marie Schad (3/27/12) – reinstated 7/13/12
Emily Elizabeth Schultz (9/11/12)

Lebanon
Laurel Alyson Johnston (8/8/12) – reinstated 6/30/13

Lexington
Bradley Glenn Kirk (6/6/12) – reinstated 5/15/13

Maryville
Stanley R. Barnett (6/6/12) – reinstated 6/8/12
James Guy Rickman (11/28/12) – reinstated 3/28/13

McMinnville
Larry Gene Bryant (10/9/12) – reinstated 10/15/12

Memphis
Lauren Elizabeth Abernathy (11/28/12)
Antonio Marcell Adams (9/11/12) – reinstated 10/18/12
Miranda Renee Baker (11/28/12)
Robert Larry Brown (11/28/12)
Elizabeth M. Cooper (9/11/12) – reinstated 11/7/12
Larry Allan Diamond (12/18/12)
Richard Eugene Duerr Jr. (3/12/12) – reinstated 3/15/12
Robert Lanier Fogg (12/18/12) – reinstated 12/21/12
Don Anthony Handley (6/6/12) – reinstated 6/8/12
Mary Camille Hickerson (3/27/12) – reinstated 4/2/12
Curtis Douglas Johnson (6/6/12) – reinstated 6/8/12
Felicia Corbin Johnson (6/6/12) – reinstated 6/8/12
Ronald Spearman Johnson (11/28/12)
Israel C. Katz (11/28/12)
Yolanda Rochelle Kight (10/9/12) – reinstated 10/11/12
Jessica Nicole Manley (4/26/12) – reinstated 5/9/13
Sally French Paulson (3/27/12) – reinstated 6/1/12
Dee Shawn Peoples (6/6/12) – reinstated 6/18/12
Amy Marie Robertson (8/8/12) – reinstated 11/6/12
Chasity Rachelle Sharp (8/8/12) – reinstated 8/13/12
Gloria Vernita Smith (12/18/12) – reinstated 1/17/13
Randy Nelson Songstad (9/11/12) – reinstated 9/14/12
Arne Birger Thompson Jr. (10/9/12) – reinstated 11/9/12
Wayne Smythe Taylor (10/9/12) – suspension vacated 10/17/12 as Mr. Taylor was retired at the time and should not have been included on the order
Emily How Walker (11/28/12)

Mount Juliet
Brent Christopher Gray (12/18/12) – reinstated 1/16/13
Patricia Lynne Stolinsky (3/27/12) – reinstated 3/29/12

Murfreesboro
Brandon Michael Booten (4/26/12) – reinstated 5/1/12
Darwin Keith Colston (9/11/12) – reinstated 9/13/12

Nashville
Natasha Love Blackshear (3/27/12) – reinstated 5/2/12
William Lynn Campbell Jr. (3/12/12) – reinstated 5/10/12
Lynne Todd Edgerton (12/18/12)
David Steele Ewing (4/26/12) – reinstated 4/30/12
Charles James Friddell Jr. (8/8/12) – reinstated 8/10/12
John Frank Higgins (8/8/12) –  reinstated 9/5/12
Daniel Durand Hite (11/28/12) – reinstated 12/21/12
Newton S. Holiday III (6/26/12) – reinstated 7/13/12
Christopher Allen Holt (9/11/12) –  reinstated 9/14/12
Scott David Johannessen (4/26/12) – reinstated 5/1/12
Chelli Runelle Jones (8/8/12) – reinstated 8/5/13
Sondra Denise Keys (8/8/12) – reinstated 8/22/12
Lora Jackson Manson (6/26/12) – suspension vacated 1/7/13 due to the BPR's failure to give proper notice
Kathleen Denise Nichols (8/8/12) – reinstated 8/18/12
Orvil L. Orr (11/28/12) – reinstated 12/3/12
Paul Alan Robertson (3/12/12)
Michael Howard Rowan (4/26/12) – reinstated 3/30/12
Elizabeth Anne Sanders Burke (6/26/12) – reinstated 6/29/12
Jeanne Chick Schuller (9/11/12)
Jack Edward Seaman (10/9/12)
Greer Courley Tidwell Jr. (11/28/12) – reinstated 12/1/20 (retroactive to 11/22/20)
Joverne Allred Trotter (3/27/12) – reinstated 9/10/12
Christopher Dale Van Atta (11/28/12)
Quenton I. White (8/8/12) – reinstated 9/13/12

Paris
Gary Joe Swayne (6/6/12) – reinstated 6/12/12 (relocated to Camden)

Riceville
William Lance Parr (3/12/12)

Sevierville
Brian Taylor Mansfield (12/18/12) – reinstated 1/17/13
Rick DeWayne Pemberton (12/18/12) – reinstated 12/31/12

Smyrna
Joseph Edward Beecham (4/26/12) – reinstated 5/1/12

Tullahoma
Garth Roland Segroves (6/6/12) – reinstated 6/12/12

Winchester
Joseph Scott Bean Jr. (11/28/12) – reinstated 11/30/12

OUT-OF-STATE

Alabama
John Robert Chiles (3/12/12) – reinstated 7/15/13 (relocated to Florida)
Thomas Franklin Hayes (9/11/12) – reinstated 9/26/12
Lucile Abernethy Ray (10/9/12)
Philip Thomas Shanks III (12/18/12)

Arkansas
Susan Nichols Estes (11/28/12)
Thomas Collier Moore (8/8/12) – reinstated 5/1/13
John Deloy Thomas Jr. (3/27/12)

Colorado
Collene Alicia Beatty (12/18/12) – reinstated 2/7/13
Heather Marie Gwinn (4/26/12)

Connecticut
Andrew Scott Gale (10/9/12)

District of Columbia
Rahkel Bouchet (11/28/12) – reinstated 9/25/13
Caroline Critchfield Hunter (6/26/12) – reinstated 7/12/12

Florida
Ruth Helen Delange (3/12/12)
Robert F. Hedgepath (10/9/12)
Paul Douglas Morrison (3/12/12)

Georgia
James Gabriel Banks (12/18/12)
Matthew Christopher Brown (3/12/12)
James Christopher Davey (9/11/12) – reinstated 9/17/12
Kristy Georgette Offitt (11/28/12) – reinstated 7/9/13
Douglas Kent Shelton (4/26/12)
Robert Tudor Strang III (3/27/12) – reinstated 6/25/12
Charles Lochridge Weatherly (3/12/12) – reinstated 7/10/12 (relocated to Hixson)
Eboni T. Wooden (8/8/12) – reinstated 9/4/12

Illinois
Tamika Donnaricka Lynch (9/11/12)

Indiana
Diamond Zukas Hirschauer (4/26/12)

Kentucky
Dwight Montae Burton (3/12/12)
Anthony Allen Waits (10/9/12)

Louisiana
James Abner Barton (9/11/12)
Robert Peter Cuccia (3/12/12) – reinstated 6/26/12

Maine
Thomas Henry Scott (3/12/12)

Massachusetts
Benjamin Jacob Weber (8/8/12)

Michigan
Russel Allen Church (8/8/12)
Evette Elizabeth Dukes (11/28/12)
Demosthenes Anistasios Lorandos (6/6/12) – reinstated 7/31/12
Erin Kay McCoy (12/18/12) - reinstated 9/22/23

Mississippi
Mark Ivey Burton (11/28/12)
Vallrie Lanette Dorsey (3/27/12) – reinstated 10/3/13
Kate Mauldin Embry (3/27/12) – reinstated 4/10/12
Tacey Clark Locke (9/11/12) – reinstated 9/28/12
Michael Lee Scott (6/6/12) – reinstated 6/27/12
Alyson Elizabeth Whitaker (8/8/12)
Jennifer Lynn Mussel White (10/9/12) – reinstated 2/27/13
James William Williams (6/6/12) – reinstated 6/12/12

Nevada
Heidi Helvi Fulks (4/26/12)

North Carolina
Aaron Edward Carlos (8/8/12)
Beverly Joyce Jones (3/27/12)
Mark Anthon Montgomery (6/6/12) – reinstated 7/9/12

Ohio
Eugene Francis Battisti (12/18/12)
Terrence Joseph Fairfax (8/8/12)

Oklahoma
David Michael Robinson (4/26/12) – reinstated 3/1/21 (retroactive to 1/29/21)

Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Morgan Carbino (8/8/12)
Linda Narrow McLemore (4/26/12) – reinstated 8/20/12

Texas
William Noble Hulsey III (10/9/12) – reinstated 10/23/12
Vanessa Gale Keeler (6/26/12)
Denise Verna Pratt (6/26/12) – reinstated 7/23/12
Matthew Michael Shelby (12/18/12) – reinstated 5/30/13 (relocated to Illinois)

Virginia
Terry Carroll Frye (10/9/12) – reinstated 11/13/12
Patrick Dion White (11/28/12)
Lauren Price Whitley (10/9/12) – reinstated 12/7/12

Washington
Linda Diane Walton (3/27/12) – reinstated 9/19/13

Wisconsin
Elizabeth Gernert Sillay (8/8/12) – reinstated 10/11/12

INTERNATIONAL

Morocco
Tamanna Qureshi (6/6/12) – reinstated 7/5/12

Failure to Pay Annual Fee

Download the March 27 order
Download the April 26 order
Download the June 26 order
Download the Aug. 8 order
Download the Dec. 18 order

TENNESSEE

Knoxville
Whitney Suzanne Bailey (8/8/12) – reinstated 8/13/12
Andrew Louis Colocotronis (8/8/12) – reinstated 8/13/12
Roy Patrick Neuenschwander (6/26/12) –  reinstated 7/2/12

Mount Juliet
Nathan Scott Moore (8/8/12) – reinstated 8/10/12

Nashville
Kelly Annette Greene (6/26/12) – reinstated 6/28/12
Carrie Annalita Lowery (12/18/12) – reinstated 11/26/13
Harry Boyd McNutt (8/8/12) – reinstated 8/10/12
Thomas Turner Snodgrass (4/26/12) – reinstated 4/30/12

OUT-OF-STATE

Alabama
Clinton Chadwell Carter (3/27/12) – reinstated 4/5/12

Arkansas
Robin Miller Emis (6/26/12)

California
Julie LeMaye Hussey (8/8/12) – reinstated 8/26/13

Florida
O.G. Joseph Paul Reasons (12/18/12) – reinstated 4/3/13

Georgia
Scot Craig Allen (3/27/12)
Pat Huddleston II (8/8/12) – reinstated 8/16/12

Indiana
Jessica Dawn Paxson (6/26/12) - reinstated 6/21/24

Failure to File IOLTA Report

Download the March 12 order
Download the Sept. 11 order
Download the Oct. 9 order

TENNESSEE

Chattanooga
Steve A. Bovell (9/11/12) – reinstated 11/23/15

Memphis
John Michael Bailey (10/9/12) – suspension vacated 1/7/13 due to the BPR's failure to give proper notice
Stuart Baker Yates (10/9/12) – reinstated 10/12/12

OUT-OF-STATE

Florida
Harold Scott Bates (3/12/12) – reinstated 3/20/12

Nevada
David Matthew Zaniel (9/11/12) - reinstated 3/23/21

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

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