For Failure to Pay the Professional Privilege Tax

The following attorneys were suspended by the Tennessee Supreme Court on Dec. 3, 2010, for failure to pay the 2009 and 2010 state professional privilege tax as required by Tennessee Code Annotated 67-4-1 702. Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 9, Section 32, attorneys who fail to pay the fee for at least two consecutive years, are summarily suspended. Attorneys who have since complied with the 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.

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TENNESSEE

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Antioch
Diana Doreen Shuck

Brentwood
Shelley Renee Morrison-Taylor

Chattanooga
David W. Hutton Jr. – reinstated 1/17/12 (relocated to North Richland Hills, TX)

Clarksville
Christopher Wayne Barber

Cleveland
Willard W. Watts

Franklin
Charles Joseph Eades Jr.
William Warren Leech

Gallatin
William Norman Ligon

Germantown
Christopher Lee Brown

Greeneville
Timothy Williams Flohr

Hendersonville
Garry Christopher Forsythe
Lorraine Wade

Jackson
Jacques Baer Glassman

Kingston Springs
Rudick Joseph Murphy II

Knoxville
Charles E. Fraley
M. Josiah Hoover III
John O. Threadgill

McMinnville
Bruce Timothy Pirtle

Memphis
Michael H. Adler
Robert James Barber
Christopher Lee Brown
Addie Marie Burks
Rosemary Clark
Emma LaNelson Cole
Paul Forrest Craig
Scott Cameron Cummins
LaShundra LaTrice Davis-Culpepper – reinstated 3/5/20
Larry Allan Diamond
Bridgette Nicole Driver
John R. Dunlap – reinstated 7/27/11
Timothy Darnell Flowers
Darryl Wayne Humphrey
William Clary Lunsford
Patricia Bryan Mauldin
Jack Lester Mewborn Jr.
Kindle Elizabeth Nance
William Thomas Newton
Robert Joseph Ross II
Larry Michael Sargent
Alisa Lashelle Simmons
David W. Spence – reinstated 11/23/15
Mark David Talley
George Cornibe Wallace

Murfreesboro
Tony Lawrence Maples
Andrew Lee Messick
Amy Lynn Voyles

Nashville
Melissa Mary Allen
Gerald Wayne Davis
Matthew Kristian Eggleston
Joseph A. Giampapa
Newton S. Holiday III
Eugene James Honea
Sean K. Hornbeck
Jennifer Rene'e Rich Mueller
Byron Ray Simpson
David Standish Weed
Cherry Dawn Williams – reinstated 12/16/11
Linda Lee Wilson

Seymour
Brent Edwin Lowe

White House
Gerard Thomas Nebel

Whiteville
Jewel Guy Boozer

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OUT OF STATE

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Alabama
Eric Stanley Black – reinstated 10/12/21
James Robert Grisham
Diane Talbert Hutchins
Michelle DeLaine Mauldin
Beverly Bhaswattia Scruggs

Arkansas
James R. Filyaw
Terry Goodwin Jones
Amy Catherine Martin

California
Jonathan Grant Chance
Kathy Morristeen Gilmore
Damon Jarrid Lee
Steven Christian Sobotka – reinstated 8/1/11

Colorado
Mark Kevin Paitsel

District Of Columbia
Aaron Shainis
Michael E. Tucci

Florida
David William Batchelder
Richard Rutherford Blews
Brendan Bradley
Dudley Ragland Cannon Jr.
Jennifer Bales Drake
Peter Patrick Fondry
Harlington Leroy Hanna Jr.
Diana Lynn Johnson
Phillip Edward Kuhn
Todd Steven Link
Gary Bryan Parrish
Sue Porter
April Elaine Rolle
Karen Marie Smith – reinstated 9/13/11
Robert Louis Williams Jr.

Georgia
Jeffrey Walker Frazier
Robert Joseph Lowe Jr.
James A. Meaney III

Illinois
Andrew Michael Kopec
Byron Lee Mason
Ronald Graham Robbins
Marcia Luloff Sabesin

Indiana
Michelle Lorraine Betserai
William Thomas Winchester

Kentucky
Timothy Wayne Allen
James John Barrett III
Michael C. Bratcher
Christine Lea Durrett
Jeffrey Franklin Ellis
Leroy Arlis Gilbert Jr.
Margie Lynn Loeser
Kevan Morgan
Terri Renee Farris Mussetter
Sue Ellen Prater
Louis William Rom

Louisiana
Jimmy Don Kelly Jr.

Michigan
Delores Charlotte Korb

Mississippi
Robert Bellarmine Gaia
Lauren J. Hutchins
John Marshall Lusk Jr.
George McFall
Clay Spencer Nails – reinstated 8/31/12
Lauren Carson Williams

Missouri
Thelma Jean Copeland
Winsome Ann Henry – reinstated 8/8/16
David Charles Howard
David Lynn Whitt – reinstated 5/17/11

North Carolina
Randolph Cartwright Dow
Jill B. Martin
Joseph Randall Martin

Nevada
Le'Dell Sanders Joiner

New York
Mark Anthony Carey - reinstated 1/11/23
Terrence Matthew Kelly
Mark J. Kurzmann
Robert Oliver Link Jr.
David Seth Michaels

Ohio
Robert Natole Farinacci

Pennsylvania
Mark Thomas Wade

South Carolina
Frederic S. Leclercq
Angela Terri O'Neal – reinstated 6/15/21

Texas
Ronald B. Cosgrove

Utah
Kip P. Roth – reinstated 12/11/12

Virginia
Kimberly Denise Bolinskey
Terry Carroll Frye
Ronnie Huggins

Washington
Tara Nicole Gillespie
Heather Ann Singleton

West Virginia
Randy Keith Miller

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INTERNATIONAL

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Israel
Richard Kantor
Yehudit Pasternak

Italy
James Henry Lynch Jr.

South Korea
Hye Youn Kim

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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