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Summary suspension for failure to pay
2008 annual fee

Tennessee Supreme Court Orders filed May 27, May 30, July 14
& July 21, 2008
Pursuant to Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9, Section 20.1, "[e]very attorney admitted to practice before this Court, except those exempt under Section 20.2, shall pay to the Board of Professional Responsibility on or before March 1 of each year an annual fee for each year beginning in 1976 to be set by the Court from time to time." Failure to timely pay this fee shall result in the attorney being summarily suspended from the practice of law. Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 9 Section 20.3, based on the foregoing, the license to practice law in this State of each of the following listed attorneys is summarily suspended upon representation of the Board of Professional Responsibility that the required notices pursuant to Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9, Section 20.3, have been given and that the listed attorneys have failed to pay the 2008 annual fee and/or fees for prior years as required by Rule 9, Section 20.


Tennessee

Brentwood
Browne, Pamela Gayle

Bristol
Queen, Suzanne Shackelford

Chattanooga*
Echerd, John Hartley
Stinnett, Jeffrey Andres - reinstated

Cleveland
Mullinax, L. Frank

Jackson
Glassman, Jacques Baer

Kingsport
Winegar, Richard Daniel

Knoxville
Hoover, M. Josiah, III
Tarrant, John d. Barry

Maryville
Gilmore, Stephen Paul

Memphis
Allen, James Marion
Boozer, Jewel Guy - paid fee but remains suspended for CLE non-compliance; relocated to Whiteville, Tenn.
Chambers, Kathleen Lynn
Cocke, Margaret E. Beth
Cummins, Scott Cameron - reinstated
Eggleston, Matthew Kristian
Harris, Lisa B.
Ingram, LaTrena Davis
Kaufman, Marti Lee
Lee, Thomas Mark
Malone, Alvin Quincey - reinstated
Moore, John Miller
Owens, Don G., III - reinstated
Peoples, Dee Shawn - reinstated
Ross, Robert Joseph, II
Shelton, Lauren Douglas
Thomas, Joshua David - reinstated
Vega, Matthew Anthony - paid fee but remains suspended for CLE non-compliance; relocated to Millbrook, Ala.
Wallace, George Cornibe
Williams, Angela Jenise - reinstated; relocated to Silver Spring, Md.

Nashville
Douthat, Kenneth Edwin
Everett, James Robert III
Kinslow, Tracey A. - reinstated
Larish, Kenneth Mainland
Peay, Keltie Hays - reinstated; relocated to Southern Pines, N.C.
Reed, Charles Edwin - reinstated
Shelton, John Carlyle
Williams, Gloria Lynn

Russelville
Baker, Wesley Markland - reinstated

Seymour
Kennedy, Kenneth K.

Shelbyville
Gruszecki-Smalley, Cara Elyzabeth

Signal Mountain
Wulforst, Arthur David

Thompson's Station
Foriest, Bryan Doulgas


Out of State

Alabama
Hutchins, Diane Talbert
Taylor, Gerald B., Jr.

Arizona
Steers, Roy Lee Jr. (reinstated)

Arkansas
Harper, Kenneth Alan
Martin, Amy Catherine
Thomas, John Deloy Jr.

California
Booker, Robert Louis - reinstated
Lee, Bum
Rather, James L. - reinstated
Suh, Ja Kyong - reinstated

Colorado
Crosby, Jan Holmes - reinstated
Paitsel, Mark Kevin

Florida
Brehm, Douglas Gerard - reinstated
Burr, Charles Gilbert, III
Davis, Rebecca Carole
Francis, Gregorio Antonio
Huggins, Matthew Peter
McGee, Bobby Arnold
Moody, John Michael, II
Porter, Sue

Georgia
Frazier, Jeffrey Walker
Matz, William Randolph
Shelton, Douglas Kent
Weathersby, James Roy

Illinois
Shim, Michael J.

Kentucky
Blandford, David Christian
Brown, John Bacon - reinstated
Brown, Michael Bernard - reinstated

Louisiana
Kelly, Jimmy Don, Jr.

Maryland
Scott, Teresa Annette - reinstated

Minnesota
Dahlquist, Karl Scott
Gautreaux, Sherril Ann

Mississippi
Crampton, Stephen M. - reinstated; relocated to Virginia
Gaia, Robert Bellarmine
Hutchins, Lauren J.
Nails, Clay Spencer - reinstated

Missouri
Henry, Winsome Ann

New Jersey
Simmons, Heidi Louise
Van Wyke, William P. - reinstated

New York
Akbik, Mohamad Adel
Kelly, Terrence Matthew
Mason, Azura Dea - reinstated

Ohio
Wood, Jonathan David

Oklahoma
Johnson, Anna Panter

South Carolina
Goodwin, Ellen Hassell

Texas
Barfield, William Henry
Davis-Culpepper, LaShundra LaTrice - reinstated; relocatated to Memphis
Lebow, Arienne Paige Brint - reinstated
Moore, Charles Steven - reinstated; relocated to Nashville
Mullikin, James Edward - reinstated

*Shadrach Jerome Hale II of Chattanooga was incorrectly suspended on May 27. He was included on this list until Aug. 18, when the court discovered he had died on April 26.



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