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 2016 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. Attorneys who have since complied with requirements, and for whom notices has been received from the court, will be noted below 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 the Board of Professional Responsibility for the official status of a Tennessee licensed attorney.

Download the April 18, 2017 Order
Download the June 29, 2017 Order (Order 1)
Download the June 29, 2017 Order (Order 2)
Download the Aug. 15, 2017 Order (Order 1)
Download the Aug. 15, 2017 Order (Order 2)

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Failure to File Annual Fee and/or IOLTA Report

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TENNESSEE

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Brentwood
Bethany Clark - reinstated 5/16/17
Benjamin Rawlins - reinstated 6/5/17

Chattanooga 
Barbara Sims Arthur - reinstated 7/13/17

Clarksville
Douglas Barnet Parker
Edmund Victor Smith

Collierville
Michael Albin Chovanec

Cordova
Danese Granberry Blankenship

Franklin
Andrew Simpson
Lane Summers - reinstated 6/27/17

Greeneville
Jerry Lee Goodson

Hixson
Janina Alexandra Muller

Knoxville
James Howard Bemiller
Jared Blaine Karnes
Fred M. McDonald IV
Michael A. Nolan

Madison
Kahliel R. Barlowe

Memphis
John Bartels
Larry Barkley Creson Jr.
Larry Diamond

 

Mt. Juliet
Patricia Lynn Graves

Nashville
Anthony Adrian Adgent
Bart Ashley
Isaac Thomas Conner - reinstated 7/7/17
Dustin Clint Daniel
Jonathan McKelvey Harwell
Ashley Nicole Malone 
Leona Marx
Henry C. McCall Jr.
Patrick Brocklin Parks
Andrew Wesley Shankles
Cheryl Behringer Williams

Ooltewah
Sharetta TaLynn Smith - reinstated 8/29/19

Tullahoma
Garth Roland Segroves

Vonore
Matthew Joseph Lamberth - reinstated 5/6/20

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OUT-OF-STATE

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Alabama
Brent Alden King
Matthew Stewart Renihan 

Arkansas
Chester Harris Lauck III - reinstated 8/13/18

Colorado
Leigh Anderson

Florida
Thomas Cubit
Leroy Ellis

Georgia
Aleksandra Irene Jagiella
Ciera Nichole Locklair - reinstated 12/19/17

Kentucky
Louis William Rom 

New York
Jonathan Graham Carver - reinstated 12/19/17

North Carolina
Phillip Carey

Texas
LaShawn Anntoinette Williams

Virginia
Sherri Epperly Case

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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