For Failure to Pay the Professional Privilege Tax

The following attorneys were suspended by the Tennessee Supreme Court on April 12, 2019, 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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Arlington
Joe Richard Bartlett

Brentwood
Aundreas W. Smith

Chattanooga
James Robert Buckner
Donna Robinson Miller

Columbia
Lawrence William Moon Jr.

Cookeville
Gary N. Lovellette

Cordova
Kenneth Reid Roach

Covington
Justin Devon Rudd

Erwin
William Branch Lawson

Franklin
Larry De Wayne Drolsum - reinstated 4/22/19
Daniel C. Giannotti
David Brian Wilford

Jamestown
Baley Fred Allred IV

Johnson City
Laurel Christine Farrell

Kingsport
James Harrison Beeler Jr.

Knoxville
Wendell Kyle Hall
Joe Aaron Mullis
James Kidwell Scott

Lebanon
William Keele Cather

Maryville
Thomas Kelly Ingle

Memphis
Roseanne Ballin Goodman
Linda Dawn Scholl
Charles Wesley Summers III

Murfreesboro
John Paul Doyle

Nashville
Larry W. Bridgesmith
Chad Lee Butler
Gregory Wade Dawson
Thomas RIchards Lewis Sr.
El Shon DeWayne Richmond - reinstated 6/22/22
Elizabeth Gernert Sillay
Kevin William Teets Jr.
John Terence Tennyson

Soddy Daisy
David Randall Barrow

Springfield
John M. Germanis

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OUT OF STATE

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Alabama
John Joseph Kubiszyn

Arkansas
Brice Rashod White
George Lee Craig

Colorado
Gary Stephen Genovese - reinstated 3/13/20
Ashley Elizabeth Ahlholm

District of Columbia
Peter James McKelroy - reinstated 6/15/20

Florida
Philip Jay Feldman
John Wayne Allen

Georgia
Joel Aldrich Jothan Callins
Khristie Lee Kelly
P. Steven Kratsch

Kentucky
Michael Gary Byers
James Richard Golden

Louisiana
Coretta E. Johnson Gray
Megan Cole Misko

Maryland
Enoch Perry III
Caroline Kendel Thompson

Mississippi
Natalie Hurley Harden – reinstated 12/26/19
James O. Marty
Halbert Edwin Dockins Jr. - reinstated 09/03/21
Rhett R. Russell

North Carolina
Jane Burks Forbes
James Ralph Sasser

New Jersey
Melinda Dee Middlebrooks

Pennsylvania
Barbara Tennille Newsome

South Carolina
Deena Chardkoff Shapiro - reinstated 1/10/20 (name change to Deena Chardkoff Drummond)

Texas
David Radke
Travis Edward Venable - reinstated 3/20/20

Virginia
Telford Earl Forgety III - reinstated 4/12/19

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OUT OF COUNTRY

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Korea
Mi-So Park

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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