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 have not paid their 2014 annual registration fee to the Board of Professional Responsibility and/or have not filed 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 filed their IOLTA report but did not pay their fee, and those attorneys who paid their fee but did 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.

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Failure to File Annual Fee and IOLTA Report

Download the Jan. 14 order
Download the May 5 order
Download the June 18 order
Download the Sept. 10 order
Download the Nov. 7 order
Download the Dec. 23 order

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TENNESSEE

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Antioch
David E. Danner (9/10/14)

Chattanooga
Gabriel Clinton Heyworth (9/10/14) - reinstated 6/17/16
Wendell J. O’Reilly (5/5/14)

Cordova
John Anthony Cerveny (11/7/14)

Decatur
Hazel Irene Higginbotham (5/5/14)

Knoxville
Ruth Ann Ambs (9/10/14) - reinstated 1/23/19
Mark Shannon Davis (1/14/14)
John Alfred McReynolds Jr. (11/7/14)
Arun Rattan (5/5/14)
Darren E. Ridenour (1/14/14)

Lenior City
Wallace Clemson Tyser Jr. (11/7/14)

Madisonville
Barry Keith Maxwell (11/7/14)

Memphis
Gregory Scott Dorland (1/14/14) -- reinstated 11/12/16

Nashville
George Steven Bell (6/18/14)
Karen Cooper Gabbert (9/10/14)
Paul Kent Harrell (1/14/14)
Joshua Michael Helton (12/23/14)
Jennifer Elizabeth Jones (6/18/14)
Mark Anthony Kovach (1/14/14)
Allison Mayre Larue (5/5/14)

Oliver Springs
Darrell Wayne Sproles (1/14/14)

Signal Mountain
Elizabeth Rollinson Schmidt (12/23/14)

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OUT-OF-STATE

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Arizona
Jodi A. Jerich (1/14/14)

Arkansas
Jack Thomas Patterson II (6/18/14)

California
Chelsea Dawn Spuck (11/7/14)

Georgia
Nancy Anne Burnett (5/5/14)
Esther Rae DeCambra (12/23/14)

Mississippi
Mark Randall Smith (12/23/14)

New Mexico
Kevin James Moore (12/23/14)

Ohio
Earl Lester Ledford (9/10/14)

Pennsylvania
Kenneth Ray Witt (1/14/14) - reinstated 2/27/24

Texas
Angela Kay Reitler (1/14/14)

Virginia
Jennifer Leah Kroan (6/18/14)
Robert Jay Wittmer (12/23/14)

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INTERNATIONAL

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Failure to File Annual Fee

Download the Jan. 14 order
Download the Feb. 12 order
Download the May 5 order
Download the June 18 order
Download the Sept. 10 order
Download the Nov. 7 order

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TENNESSEE

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Memphis
Henry Eugene Reaves (9/10/14)

Newport
Hugh Parmenas Taylor (6/18/14)

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OUT-OF-STATE

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District of Columbia
Mavanee Anderson (11/7/14) – Reinstated 8/24/16 (relocated to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands)

North Carolina
Jake Preston Evans (2/12/14)

Texas
James Alvin Carraway (1/14/14)

Washington
Amanda Leigh Duke (5/5/14)

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INTERNATIONAL

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Virgin Islands
Tonya Cherise Saafir (1/14/14)

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Failure to File IOLTA Report

Download the May 5 order
Download the June 18 order
Download the Nov. 7 order

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TENNESSEE

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Brentwood
Shea Marie Brakefield (6/18/14)

Chattanooga
Bruce Henderson Guthrie (11/7/14)

Dayton
William Charles Dunn (5/5/14)

Johnson City
Arthur M. Fowler Jr. (11/7/14) – reinstated nunc pro tunc

Knoxville
Marion Elizabeth Hilt (5/5/14)

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OUT-OF-STATE

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Alabama
Roger K. Fuston (5/5/14)

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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