For Failure to Pay the Professional Privilege Tax

The following attorneys were suspended by the Tennessee Supreme Court on March 4, 2024, for failing to pay the state professional privilege tax pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated 67-4-1702. Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 9, Section 26, attorneys who are deemed noncompliant for 90 days or more are summarily suspended. Those who since have complied with the rule 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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Ashland City
William Bradley Lockert III - reinstated 3/5/24

Brentwood
John Benneth Iwu - reinstated 3/5/24
Carl Douglas Thoresen

Brownsville
Pat H. Mann Jr.
   
Chattanooga
Philip Bradford Byrum

Cordova
Venecia Mishon Patterson - reinstated 3/5/24

Dickson
Mitchell B. Dugan

Dunlap
David Owen McGovern - reinstated 3/5/24

Franklin
Larry De Wayne Drolsum - reinstated 3/19/24

Gallatin
Lee Wilson McDougal - reinstated 3/4/24

Gatlinburg
Joe Gene Bagwell

Germantown
Jennifer Bauman Mitchell - reinstated 4/17/24

Jefferson City
James Richard Scroggins

Kingsport
Patricia Ann Teague - reinstated 4/2/24

Knoxville
Matthew Hollingshead-Cook
Ray Hal Jenkins
Corbin Hunter Payne - reinstated 3/6/24
Mary E. J. Rutherford - reinstated 3/6/24
Julia Anna Trant - reinstated 3/9/24
Harry Anthony Wiersema Jr.

Memphis
Don Anthony Handley - reinstated 3/15/24
Allen Curtis Johnson
Sally French Paulson
Thomas Perry Jr. - reinstated 3/25/24
Paul Anthony Robinson Jr. - reinstated 3/8/24

Nashville
Edith Margarethe Bluhm - reinstated 3/7/24
Myles Woods Chaney
Arthur Cleveland Earls IV - reinstated 3/26/24
Michael Lloyd Freeman - reinstated 3/4/24
Maleaka Nicole Guice
Edward Turner Kindall - reinstated 3/5/24
Bryan Edward Pieper - reinstated 4/3/23
Jeremy Edward Pyper
James Douglas Sledge
Abraham J. Williamson - reinstated 3/12/24

Springfield
Roger Neal "Bo" Taylor

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OUT OF STATE

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Alabama
Leah Ruth Mitchell

Arkansas
James Haraway Bradley

California
Avram D. Frey

Colorado
Tamara Jane Lindsay

Florida
William James McAfee
Benjamin Tyler Shell
Kurt A Strasser

Georgia
Annarita Leigh McGovern - reinstated 3/22/24
Nancy Carol Prager
Amy Kathryn Waggoner

Illinois
Melissa Nellie Bulshteyn - reinstated 3/5/24
Carson William Fallo

Indiana
Kristen Paige Kirkland
 
Kentucky
James Douglas Mory

Maryland
Vaughn Morton Stewart III

Mississippi
Kenya Dachell Brooks
Ameshia Frenshae Forrest - reinstated 3/19/24

North Carolina
Gentry Lynne Collins
Katherine Nicole Dickinson

Pennsylvania
Jeffrey David Mack
Travis James Royer - reinstated 4/8/24

Texas
Chuck Allen Floyd

Virginia
Walter Jeffrey Dunn

Wyoming
Matthew Keyes White

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INTERNATIONAL

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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