For Failure to Pay the Professional Privilege Tax

The following attorneys were suspended by the Tennessee Supreme Court on March 15, 2021, 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
Kathryn DyAnne Crain

Cedar Hill
Jeffrey Lee Miller

Chattanooga
William P. Claxton
John Scott Wesson - reinstated 3/23/21

Franklin
Robert Larry Estes

Gallatin
Luke Lasseter Brooks

Greeneville
Sandra Lee Stanbery

Hixon
William Robert Heck

Knoxville
William Edward Brown - reinstated 4/6/21
Daniel Swift Edmunds
James Edward Foglesong
Charles Thomas Stallings
Lee Welch
Daniel Forrest Wilkins - reinstated 3/25/21
Jin Ye

Lebanon
Nathan B. Forrest Shoaf

Lookout Mountain
Kevin Scott Graham

Maryville
Charles David Deas

Memphis
William Neil Griffin
Curtis Douglas Johnson - reinstated 3/17/21 nunc pro tunc (The court determined Johnson had attempted to submit proof of compliance)
Wiley Johnson
Ursula Woods Jones - reinstated 4/12/21
Reva Mark Kriegel
Charles Walpole McDonald - reinstated 5/17/21
Matthew Thomas Nordtvedt
Susan V. Thomason - reinstated 4/12/21
J. Randal Tomblin

Millington
Vicki Lynn Green - reinstated 3/23/21

Nashville
Jay C. Clifton - reinstated 3/24/21
Jonathan McKelvey Harwell
Shane Roseborough Kaster

Ramer
Tina King Brown

Ripley
Mary Cutlip Mayham

Shelbyville
J. Murray Milliken

Thompson Station
James Allen Frazier

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OUT OF STATE

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Alabama
Seth Adam Cohen
Gregory Lynn Shockley

Arkansas
Callis Lynn Childs

California
Joseph Miranda Hoats

Colorado
Tamara Jane Lindsay - reinstated 3/25/21

Florida
John Wayne Allen

Georgia
Harold Andrew Hudson
Valorri Charae Jones
Michael Dean Langford
Mitchell Seth Greenberg

Kentucky
Timothy Seth Hendrix
Jeffrey Todd P'Pool
Mary Delores Taormina - reinstated 4/20/21

Louisiana
Derry Harper  - reinstated 3/16/22

Massachusetts
Susan Fendell

Maryland
William P Van Wyke - reinstated 3/24/21
Linda Theresa Spradlin

Michigan
Andrew Christopher Sullivan

Mississippi
Walker William Jones
Bradley Barron Vance
Hunter Hickman Spragins - reinstated 11/23/21

Montana
Craig Thomas Phelps

North Carolina
Chad Lorenz Halliday

New York
Phoebe Patrician Dossett

Ohio
Theodore Alexios Konstantinopoulos
Jonathan David Wood - reinstated 6/2/23

Texas
Branda Eugene Newsom
Miranda Louise Rhoads
Kenneth Ray Witt
Kimble Hale Scott

Virginia
Gail Maureen Simonton
James A. Noel - reinstated 5/11/21
Sidney Nelson Rhoton - reinstated 12/31/21

Washington
Marquis Summers -reinstated 10/25/23

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INTERNATIONAL

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South Korea
Daeyoung Kim
Sang-Mee Oh

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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