The Tennessee Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a petition for reinstatement filed by Elizabethton lawyer Amy D. Williams. On Sept. 5, Williams filed a petition seeking reinstatement. The Board of Professional Responsibility informed her that she had outstanding obligations and was not in good standing with the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education. On Oct. 2, the court filed an order advising Williams to satisfy outstanding obligations by Nov. 17 or her petition would be dismissed without prejudice. The court now reports that Williams did not satisfy her obligations by the deadline.

The Tennessee Supreme Court yesterday reinstated the Tennessee law license of Maryland attorney Seoyoung Kim. The court took the step after Kim filed a reinstatement petition. Kim had been placed on inactive status on Oct. 20, 2017. The Board of Professional Responsibility informed the court that the petition was satisfactory. The court made the reinstatement retroactive to Oct. 30.

The Tennessee Supreme Court has suspended 25 attorneys for failure to pay the annual registration fee; 14 of them also failed to file proof that client funds are held in an IOLTA-compliant account. View the fee suspension order and IOLTA suspension order. See the list of all lawyers suspended and reinstated for fee and IOLTA violations in 2023 or access all administrative suspensions dating back to 2005.

The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily suspended Connie Lynn Reguli from the practice of law after finding that she posed a threat of substantial harm to the public. Reguli is immediately precluded from accepting any new cases and is prohibited from holding herself out as an attorney, using any indicia of lawyer, legal assistant or law clerk, or maintaining a presence where the practice of law is conducted.

The state Supreme Court reinstated the license of Davidson County attorney Lauren Suzanne Wachsman today, retroactive to Nov. 9. Wachsman was placed on inactive status more than five years ago on May 21, 2018.

Giles County lawyer Richard Hannah Dunavant was reinstated to the active practice of law on Oct. 26 after being on disability inactive status since Jan. 21, 2016. He filed a petition on Sept. 28 demonstrating that the disability had been removed. The Tennessee Supreme Court removed the disability status and Dunavant is immediately eligible to resume the active practice of law in Tennessee.

Shelby County lawyer Stephen R. Yoder was reinstated to the active practice of law yesterday after being on inactive status since Aug. 18, 2015. The Tennessee Supreme Court accepted the Board of Professional Responsibility’s recommendation that reinstatement was satisfactory and Yoder had met the requirements of the rules. He was reinstated retroactively to Oct. 31.

The Tennessee Supreme Court recently directed Alabama lawyer Larry Wayne Brantley to inform the court within 30 days why the imposition of reciprocal discipline would be unwarranted. Brantley entered into an agreement to resolve disciplinary action brought against him by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) regarding his representation of private clients while employed as a federal employee. The USPTO issued a public reprimand and subjected Brantley to a 36-rnonth probationary period.

Shelby County lawyer Monica Aislynn Timmerman was reinstated to the practice of law yesterday. The Tennessee Supreme Court took the action after a panel of the Board of Professional Responsibility determined that Timmerman was in compliance with her Tennessee Lawyer Assistance Program Monitoring Agreement. Timmerman was suspended in September for not complying with the agreement and posing a threat of substantial harm to the public.

Davidson County lawyer Robert Redman Laser III was suspended from the practice of law today by the Tennessee Supreme Court after the court found that he failed to respond to the Board of Professional Responsibility about a misconduct complaint. He is precluded from accepting any new cases, and must cease representing existing clients by Dec. 1.