Suspensions


Posted on: Aug 22, 2019

For Failure to Complete Continuing Legal Education Requirements in 2018

The following attorneys were suspended by the Supreme Court on Aug. 21, 2019, for failing to comply with Rule 21 of the Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court, which requires mandatory continuing legal education. Attorneys who have since complied with CLE 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.

Download the Aug. 21 Order

The court issued a supplemental order on April 15, 2020, suspending an additional four lawyers.

TENNESSEE

Arlington
William Raymond Whitsitt Jr. - reinstated 8/23/19

Ashland City
Alexis Wright Conniff

Athens
Joseph Houston Crabtree Jr. - reinstated 8/26/19

Blountville
Benjamin Seth Adams - reinstated 9/5/19

Brentwood
J. Scott Lucas - reinstated 9/5/19
Donald Walter Fisher
George Harold Rieger II - reinstated 8/26/19
Scott London Craddock - reinstated 8/23/19
Mary Buckner Thurman
Joshua Christian Vincent - reinstated 9/29/23
Mark Randall Wilson - reinstated 8/26/19
Eva Wilkinson Johnson - reinstated 8/28/19

Bristol
Cari Chantz Seaton - reinstated 8/26/19

Chattanooga
Mary Neill Southerland - reinstated 8/26/19
Walter Francis Williams - reinstated 8/23/19
Allen Lupton McCallie
Kenneth Odell Fritz - reinstated 1/27/20
Ansley T Moses - reinstated 8/26/19
Richard Donald Faulkner Jr. - reinstated 8/23/19
Camden Ballard Scearce Jr. - reinstated 8/26/19
Kent Thomas Jones - reinstated 8/28/19

Clarksville
Richard Benjamin Leiper - reinstated 8/27/19

Collierville
Shirley Moody Harris
Vanecia Belser Kimbrow

Columbia
Kevin Sloan Latta - reinstated 8/28/19
Angela Marie Slack

Covington
Jere Wayne Mason - reinstated 8/26/19

Crossville
Jacqueline S. Melton-Griswold

Fayetteville
Mary Leslie Price - reinstated 1/28/20

Franklin
Scott Cameron Williams
Heather Gwinn Pabon
Jemale Raphael Garrett - reinstated 2/12/20

Germantown
Mariann Tait Barksdale - reinstated 1/24/22

Goodlettsville
Philip Derek Milks - reinstated 8/28/19

Hartsville
Jean Ann Hall - reinstated 8/28/19

Hermitage
Christopher Eric Crase
John Ryan Poole
Azarius Jordan Yanez - reinstated 8/26/19

Jackson
William James Hardegree - reinstated 8/27/19

Joelton
Zackorie Ryan Suggs - reinstated 9/3/19

Johnson City
Laurel Christine Farrell - reinstated 8/30/19

Kingsport
Myrl Dykes Quillen - reinstated 8/30/19
Jennifer Pennington Guthrie - reinstated 8/30/19

Knoxville
Henry Calvin Walter Jr. - reinstated 8/28/19
Melinda Leigh Doss
William Sehon Rose Jr. - reinstated 8/26/19
Sherry Lynn Mahar - reinstated 8/26/19
James Kidwell Scott - reinstated 8/26/19
William Eugene Maddox Jr. - reinstated 8/27/19
Randall Keith Hatfield - reinstated 8/22/19
Michael Douglas Fitzgerald - reinstated 8/23/19
Ashley Barrington Hofer
Darren Vincent Berg - reinstated 8/26/19
David H. Dupree
Daniel Lee Bell - reinstated 8/23/19
Anthony Kirk Swor
Sheri Ladawn Ridgeway - reinstated 4/30/20 (moved to Alaska)
Christopher Irvin Belford
Daniel Clyde Fielden II - reinstated 8/23/19
Booth Andrews Kammann - reinstated 8/23/19

Lawrenceburg
Matthew Herman Dunkin
William Moore Haywood

Louisville
Stanley R. Barnett - reinstated 8/28/19

Memphis
J. Whitten Gurkin
William Terrance Mays Jr.
Robert E. Tribble Jr.
Jonathan Edward Scharff - reinstated 8/26/19
Pamela McFarland Brown - reinstated 8/22/19
Steven Michael Markowitz - reinstated 8/28/19
Marty Brett McAfee - reinstated 8/23/19
Christine W. Stephens - reinstated 8/26/19
John Andrew Zelinka - reinstated 8/28/19
G. Bailey Leopard Jr. - reinstated 1/27/20
Martin Flanagan Shea Jr. - reinstated 8/23/19
Todd Eliot Taylor - reinstated 8/28/19
Heather Anne Kirksey
Rachael Emily Putnam - reinstated 8/22/19
Jennifer Hale Brunetti - CLE suspension lifted 6/15/22
Jeffrey Dotson Seidman - reinstated 8/29/19
S. Joshua Kahane - reinstated 8/23/19
Randal Grant Rhea
Patrick E. Stegall - reinstated 8/26/19
Andrewnetta Melissa Boyd - reinstated 9/10/19
Kevin Duane Hudson - reinstated 10/7/20
Gwendelyn Miranda Steele - reinstated 11/25/20
Ashley Satterfield Patterson - reinstated 8/26/19
Blake Paul Richard Swan - reinstated 8/26/19
Serena Renata Gray - reinstated 8/28/19
Joseph Farrelly Griffith - reinstated 8/23/19
Nelson Tyler Rainey - reinstated 8/23/19
Jennifer Beth Jacobson

Murfreesboro
Carl Richard Moore
Brigitte Nicole Tubbs-Jones
Kristen Michelle Moon - reinstated 8/23/19

Nashville
Mark Posten Reineke
Stephen L. Page - reinstated 8/23/19
Christina Massingale Kilburn
Afshin M. Yazdian
John Frederick Morris - reinstated 8/26/19
Eric Scott Cartee - reinstated 8/27/19
Paul W. Ambrosius - reinstated 8/27/19
James Gray Sasser - reinstated 8/23/19
Charlies Martin Duke - reinstated 9/5/19
Joseph Lenwood Dickson II
John Alfred Bell Jr.
Kathryn Clark Stone - reinstated 8/30/19
Cory Alan Brown - reinstated 8/30/19
Matthew Hallowell Huntington
A. Sais Phillips Finney - reinstated 8/23/19
Lindsey Milam Smith - reinstated 12/29/20
David Glenn Goodman - reinstated 8/28/19
Gregory Wade Dawson - reinstated 8/22/19
Seth Andrew Fox
Janna Leigh Maples - reinstated 8/28/19
Marleecia Lizarraga Deck - reinstated 8/28/19
Jay C. Clifton III - reinstated 8/23/19
Megan Renee Geer - reinstated 6/25/21
Jacques Heisman Cabell - reinstated 8/28/19
Aaron Gabriel Walsh - reinstated 8/22/19
Jonathan Martin Wolf - reinstated 8/22/19
Dzi-Du Andrew Chen
Alex Prather Baldwin - reinstated 11/16/22
Kevin Joseph Normandeau
Suzanne Christine Ezzat - reinstated 8/26/19
Jeffrey Hugh Middlebrooks - reinstated 8/28/19
Stephen Orr Tepley - resinstated 8/23/19

Norris
Victoria Hopper Bowling - reinstated 8/23/19

Oak Ridge
Vivian Lee Crandall

Savannah
Benjamin Scott Harmon - reinstated 8/26/19

Soddy Daisy
David Randall Barrow

Spring Hill
Stephen Trent Linville - reinstated 8/28/19

OUT-OF-STATE

Alabama
Daniel Fredrick Aldridge
Tara Taite Ingram - reinstated 9/5/19
Jennifer Riley Bailey - reinstated 8/30/19
Laura Elizabeth Montgomery

Arizona
David Martin Macaione - reinstated 8/30/19

California
Brandii Akimee Genease Rice

Colorado
Mark McClure Mizell - reinstated 7/15/20
Jennifer Kathleen O'Connell

District of Columbia
Elizabeth Brewster McCallum
Johnnie Daniel Bond Jr.

Florida
Robert Frederick Beckmann
Helen Mary Donnelly - reinstated 2/18/20
Philip Jay Feldman - reinstated 9/5/19
Howard Michael Kanner - reinstated 8/26/19

Georgia
Jeannie Queena Joe - reinstated 8/28/19
Christopher Chad Young
Portland Jaye Downing Campanaro
Brian Thomas Moore - reinstated 8/28/19
Jay Roland McCurdy
Michelle Guthrie Whitelaw
Christopher Michael Harris - reinstated 8/23/19
Elizabeth Jordan Marquardt (listed as Accurso on order) - reinstated 9/3/19

Illinois
Mary Katherine Kulback

Kentucky
David Vance Oakes - reinstated 8/22/19
Jennifer Ditty Kang - reinstated 12/17/19

Louisiana
Daryl Andre Gray - reinstated 8/28/19

Michigan
Tammy Dynette Wendt - reinstated 9/5/19

Missouri
Lori Sharpe Day

Mississippi
Brian L. Davis
Marshall Holt Smith Jr.
Michael Sean Collins
Gar Nelson Schwippert
B.J. Wade - reinstated 9/6/19

North Carolina
John Samuel Wilson III - reinstated 8/23/19
Joverne Allred Trotter - reinstated 9/3/19
John Barrett Starnes
Jake Preston Evans

New Jersey
Adam Wayne Toraya

New York
Zachary Michael Boggan
Trippe Steven Fried - reinstated 8/20/20

Ohio
Edward Perry Bronston - reinstated 1/27/20
Virginia Grace Lafferty
Maureen Kay Beaver

Pennsylvania
Courtney Mccafferty

Texas
D'Lesli M. Davis  - reinstated (order not dated)
Jamie Elizabeth Silver
Lori Liane Long - reinstated 9/6/19
Avram D. Frey - reinstated 8/28/19

Virginia
Aldous Desmond McCrory
Christopher Kyser Ptomey - reinstated 2/3/20

Washington
David Charles Robinson

INTERNATIONAL

Hyunjung Choi - reinstated 8/28/19
Lanni Jacqueline Marchant - reinstated 9/9/20


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