Suspensions


Posted on: Jan 31, 2020

For Failure to Pay the Professional Privilege Tax

The following attorneys were suspended by the Tennessee Supreme Court on Jan. 21, 2020, 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


Adamsville
Jack Chester Gunn

Alcoa
Amy Diane Williams

Brentwood
Margaret L. Akins
Roger Wilburn Clark – reinstated 2/11/20

Chattanooga
Philip Bradford Byrum – reinstated 2/4/20
Stanley Joseph Lanzo
Jill Ellen Jensen Thrash – reinstated 2/28/20
William Martin Walker

Clarksville
Colleen Ann Hyder

Collierville
Shirley Moody Harris

Franklin
Scott Cameron Williams

Hermitage
John Ryan Poole

Hixson
Caitlyn Marie Callaway

Knoxville
Gary Lee Adkins – reinstated 5/11/21
Brent Tyler Baxley – reinstated 2/28/20
Melinda Leigh Doss
Benjamin Gregory King
Angela Dyan Lowe – reinstated 1/23/20
Sheri Ladawn Ridgeway – reinstated 5/11/20
Richard Arthur Sedgley – reinstated 1/22/20

Lebanon
Harry Alfred Christensen – reinstated 1/23/20
 
Madison
Niles Stephen Nimmo
 
Memphis
James Torreyson Allison – reinstated 3/2/20
Joseph Eric Alsobrook – reinstated 4/16/20
Adam Forrest Glankler – reinstated 2/4/20
J. Whitten Gurkin
Kevin Duane Hudson
Thomas Francis Jackson
G. Bailey Leopard – reinstated 2/13/20
Natalie Jamese McKinney
Jacqueline Kay Singh
Gwendelyn Miranda Steele – reinstated 1/20/21
Elsie Nicole Trail – reinstated 5/13/20)
Marcus Daniel Ward – reinstated 1/22/20

Mount Juliet
William Washington Merrell
 
Murfreesboro
Elizabeth M. Sodergren – reinstated 3/8/22
Jared Michael Streich – reinstated 2/11/20
 
Nashville
Patrick Griffin Aerts - reinstated 3/22/24
Alex Prather Baldwin – reinstated 12/7/22
Dzi-Du Andrew Chen
Terry Renease Clayton – reinstated 2/11/20
Gary Dean Copas – reinstated 1/22/20
Marilyn Elizabeth Edwards
Seth Andrew Fox
Megan Renee Geer
Marvin Geer Gregory
Jude Thaddeus Lenahan
Lora Jackson Manson – reinstated 6/30/21
Stephanie Huey Messer – reinstated 7/15/20
Matthew Elliot Miller – reinstated 2/13/20
Philip Joseph Perez
Karl Emmanuel Pulley – reinstated 2/4/20
Mark Posten Reineke
James S. White
Casey Fitzgerald Wilson – reinstated 2/13/20

Oak Ridge
Vivian Lea Crandall
 
Portland
David Milton Amonette – reinstated 2/4/20
 
Signal Mountain
Harold Huntley Baxley
 
Soddy Daisy
David Randall Barrow
 
Thompson Station
James Allen Frazier – reinstated 2/25/20
 
Waverly
Charles Nicholas Griffith


OUT OF STATE


Alabama
Bradley Davis McAdory

Arizona
Sidney Vernard Preston
 
Arkansas
Thomas Collier Moore – reinstated 12/23/20
Kimberly Ogden Sutton

California
James Leland Johnson
Kimberly Webb Qualls – reinstated 11/9/20
 
District of Columbia
Monica Alfi Ghattas
Charles Robert Jones – reinstated 2/7/20
Ericka Shawn King
 
Florida
Helen Mary Donnelly – reinstated 3/10/20
Joseph Patterson Hyder – reinstated 2/4/20
David Glynne Owen
Dara Michelle Reed

Georgia
Jonathan Scott Bell
Keshia Williams Lipscomb
Josephine Latasha Walker
 
Guam
Mark Edward Williams – reinstated 2/13/20

Illinois
David Alan Baugh – reinstated 2/24/20
Jennifer M. Baum
Mary Katherine Kulback

Kentucky
Aaron Nicholas Hyde
 
Louisiana
Jeremy F. Litton - reinstated 6/4/20
Daryl Andre Gray – reinstated 2/4/20
William Hancock Payne – reinstated 2/13/20
 
Mississippi
Jesse Ward Conville
Katherine Virginia Kemp – reinstated 7/14/20
Gar Nelson Schwippert
Marshall Holt Smith
James William Williams

New York
Zachary Michael Boggan
 
North Carolina
Jake Preston Evans
Brittany Ann Reeder - reinstated 08/27/21
Megan Jane Wilson Serzan

Oklahoma
Dameon Lyle Allensworth – reinstated 7/31/20

South Carolina
Charles Richard Blackburn
 
Texas
Monica Rey Bailey
John Richard Bauer – reinstated 1/15/21
LaShundra LaTrice Davis-Culpepper – reinstated 3/5/20
William Noble Hulsey – reinstated 5/25/21
Jamie Elizabeth Silver
Travis Edward Venable

Virginia
Marjorie Kaye Conner – reinstated 7/31/20
John K. Gillenwater
Aldous Desmond McCrory
Kenneth Ray Russell


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

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