For Failure to Complete Continuing Legal Education Requirements in 2021

The following attorneys were suspended by the Supreme Court on Aug. 19, 2022, for failing to comply with Rule 21 of the Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court, which requires mandatory continuing legal education, during the 2021 compliance year. 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. 19 order
Download the Dec. 9 order

TENNESSEE

Antioch 
Herbert J. Sievers III - reinstated 12/21/22

Arlington 
William Raymond Whitsitt Jr.

Bolivar 
Stephen Lee Hale - reinstated 8/23/22

Brentwood 
Myles R. MacDonald 
Mitchell Ray Miller - reinstated 8/22/22
Lea Carol Owen - reinstated 8/24/22
Casey McCluskey Parker - reinstated 8/31/22
William Reed Peeples
Justin Alan Schober
Jatin A. Shah - reinstated 8/23/22
Tanner Ward Yancy - reinstated 8/22/22

Chattanooga 
Katy E. Blackwell
David James Fulton - reinstated 8/24/22
John Cain Harrison - reinstated 8/24/22
Douglas Thomas Johnson - reinstated 9/15/22
Misty Smith Kelley - reinstated 9/26/22
Mary Lena Morgan - reinstated 8/31/22
Rex Vernell Sparks - reinstated 8/24/22
John Scott Wesson
Meredith Mochel Ziebold - reinstated 8/22/22

Collegedale 
Christopher James Hennen - reinstated 8/24/22

Collierville
Valerie Futris Fisher

Columbia 
Ashley Meade Posey - reinstated 9/1/22

Cookeville 
Elizabeth Ann Shipley - reinstated 8/22/22

Eads 
James Edward Browne - reinstated 8/24/22

Franklin 
Robert Edward Blanchfield 
Amelia Morgan Filbey 
Thomas Newton Jones - reinstated 8/22/22
Edward Kendall White IV - reinstated 8/22/22

Germantown 
Sarah Johnson Carter - reinstated 8/23/22
Andrew Anatol Shayer

Hartsville 
Jean Ann Hall

Hendersonville 
Joseph P. Bednarz Jr. - reinstated 8/23/22
Mary Belle Langford - reinstated 8/22/22
Nathaniel Jaraad Nabaa - reinstated 8/26/22
Randall Hugh Stamps - reinstated 9/6/22

Hixson 
William Matthew Wayne - reinstated 8/23/22

Jackson 
Marcus Allen Lipham - reinstated 8/23/22

Johnson City 
Nathan Christopher Goodwin - reinstated 8/22/22

Knoxville 
Adam Arnold
Darren Vincent Berg - reinstated 8/23/22
Stephanie Marie Dorsey - reinstated 12/28/22
Ronald Brett Grimm - reinstated 8/23/22
Emily Colleen Hooper
Scott Alan Lanzon - reinstated 8/22/22
Denna F. Middleton - reinstated 9/1/22
Patricia Fowler Nicely
John Tyler Roper - reinstated 8/23/22
Ellis Anthony Sharp - reinstated 8/22/22
Brandy Boyd Slaybaugh

Lebanon 
William Scott Hargiss - reinstated 9/2/22

Memphis 
Michael Joseph Baloga - reinstated 8/23/22
Pamela McFarland Brown
Addie Marie Burks - reinstated 8/30/22
Robert Andrew Cox - reinstated 8/22/22
Larry E. Fitzgerald - reinstated 8/22/22
Joseph Matthew Fletcher - reinstated 10/10/22
Martha Jane Hayes-Burkhead - reinstated 12/28/22
Arthur Miles Headley
Rhonda D. Hooks - reinstated 9/26/22
Mary Catherine C. Laster - reinstated 9/8/22
Thomas H. Lawrence
Carlee Marie McCullough - reinstated 8/24/22
Michael Paul Pfrommer - reinstated 9/2/22
Edwin Lauderdale Rawson - reinstated 8/22/22
Robert Brian Rogers - reinstated 8/24/22
Mary R. Rudolph - reinstated 10/12/22
Corliss DeVon Shaw - reinstated 9/1/22
Larry Darnell Sims II - reinstated 8/24/22
Jason Matthew Stephens - reinstated 8/22/22
Brian Allen Wamble  - reinstated 12/21/22
Kristen Collier Wright - reinstated 9/13/22

Morristown 
Lindsey Chamness Maguigan - reinstated 9/19/22

Mount Juliet 
Heather Bennett Stanford - reinstated 11/2/22

Murfreesboro 
Richard Warren Rucker

Nashville 
Olatayo Olatunji Atanda - reinstated 9/7/22
Charles Foose Barrett - reinstated 8/23/22
Maria Stephanie Quimson Campbell
Kerry Lee Dietz - reinstated 8/24/22
Arthur Cleveland Earls IV - reinstated 9/7/22
Hilary Haven Ferdowsi
John Robert Jacobson - reinstated 8/22/22
John Kevin Kidd - reinstated 10/31/22
Charles Hunter Kitchens - reinstated 8/25/22
Dana L. Nero  - reinstated 9/8/22
David Earl Russell II - reinstated 8/23/22
James Gray Sasser - reinstated 8/23/22
Remington Alexander Shepard - reinstated 8/24/22
Elizabeth Gernert Sillay - reinstated 8/26/22
Pedro Manuel Villa
John S. Wagster - reinstated 8/29/22
Leon Henry Wolf - reinstated 12/13/22
Megan Smith Zarling - reinstated 8/25/22
Christy Leanne Zepeda - reinstated 8/22/22

Oak Ridge 
Eric John Montierth - reinstated 8/22/22

Old Hickory 
Brien Philip Campbell - reinstated 8/24/22

Parsons 
Jason Wayne Pearcy

Powell 
William Todd Daniel - reinstated 8/23/22

Ripley 
John Barrett Starnes

Rogersville 
Herbert A. Holcomb - reinstated 8/22/22

Smyrna 
Andre Chase Rabideau

Tazewell 
Dennis Morgan Bailey Jr. - reinstated 8/22/22
James Lee Deaton - reinstated 8/23/22

Thompson's Station
Beth Dunning - reinstated 2/15/23

OUT-OF-STATE

Alabama 
Jacqueline Victoria Butler
Cameron Lee Hogan - reinstated 3/24/23
Sumpter Milligan McGowin II - reinstated 9/1/22

Arkansas 
Walter Jeffrey Dunn - reinstated 8/26/22
Robert Louis Ost

Arizona 
Bruce Andrew Alldredge - reinstated 3/3/23
Ruth Ann Ambs

California 
Richard Jackson Hughes - reinstated 4/3/23
Austin A. Vincenzini - reinstated 10/19/22

Colorado 
Ian Matthew Kovarsky - reinstated 10/5/22
Chelsea Masters - reinstated 2/6/23

District of Columbia 
Johnnie Daniel Bond Jr. - reinstated 8/30/22
Meghan Martha McGuirk - reinstated 3/8/23

Delaware 
Jamie Lynne Brown

Florida 
Frederick David Taylor Arens
Donald Wayne Buckler - reinstated 9/12/22
Samuel Douglas Doxsee

Georgia 
John Trent Dixon
Karen Marie Bernadette Marietta Edwards - reinstated 1/6/23
Laura Langford Frick
Donald Austin Gillis
Ann Bachman Hale-Smith
William Eugene Jessup
Carmen Camille Kirk
James Douglas Minor Jr. - reinstated 10/5/22
Brantley Cole Rowlen - reinstated 11/3/22
Joann Brown Williams
Kimila Lynn Wooten - reinstated 9/27/22

Illinois 
Michael Diego Doyle - reinstated 1/6/23
David Charles Owen - reinstated 10/20/22

Indiana 
Damon Anthony Moore - reinstated 8/24/22
Diane Elizabeth Sonne

Missouri 
Earl Martin Douglas - reinstated 8/25/22

Mississippi 
Daniel Marten Czamanske Jr. - reinstated 10/11/22
Mary Lynn Damare'
Derek Hopson Sr. - reinstated 9/30/22
Angela Smith Spragins
Gwendelyn Miranda Steele - reinstated 4/3/24

North Carolina 
Anderson Thomas Ellis II - reinstated 8/24/22
Bradley Shannon Tisdale

New York 
Sophia Farber Bernhardt - reinstated 8/31/22
Rachel Rice

Texas 
Joseph R. Alexander Jr.
Elisabeth Milca Castillo - reinstated 8/22/22
Anson Wright Gibson III - reinstated 9/10/24
Meghann McConnell Myers - reinstated 10/5/22
Marlena Powell Pickering - reinstated 8/24/22
Ashley Nicole Thurman
Travis Edward Venable
Leslie Anne Wilbourn - reinstated 8/22/22

Utah 
Jeffrey Bruce Chugg Jr. - reinstated 9/1/22

Virginia 
James Peter Ferrell - reinstated 8/22/22
Deborah Dunsmore Fraser
John Stuart Honeycutt - reinstated 8/22/22
Jacob Alexander Horn-Malcolm - reinstated 3/7/23
Mary Elizabeth Lynch
John Joseph Radacsy

Wyoming 
Matthew Keyes White - reinstated 1/3/23

INTERNATIONAL

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Additional Resources

• TBA's Administrative Suspension Directory

• Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 8: Rules of Professional Conduct

• Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9: Disciplinary Enforcement

• Tennessee Supreme Court Board of Judicial Conduct