Opinion
04-20-2023
IN RE SUSPENSION OF ATTORNEYS WHO FAILED TO PAY 2023 ANNUAL ATTORNEY-LICENSE FEE
PER CURIAM
The final deadline for attorneys to pay the 2023 annual attorney-license fee was April 17, 2023. As required by Rule VII(C)(9) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar, attached to this per curiam is a list of those who failed to pay the annual license fee by the final deadline. The list is divided into three categories. Category 1 consists of those attorneys who were automatically suspended on April 18, 2023, by operation of Rule VII(C)(1) and (8) for failure to pay the annual fee and who remain suspended as of the issuance of this per curiam. Category 2 consists of those attorneys who were automatically suspended on April 18, 2023, for failure to pay the fee but have since become current and reinstated to their pre-suspension status. We caution that placement in Category 2 is proof of good standing only as to payment of license fees. Category 3 consists of those attorneys who have remained suspended for more than three consecutive years for failure to pay annual license fees and whose licenses were deemed surrendered as of April 18, 2023, per Rule VII(C)(17). The attorneys listed in Categories 1 and 3 shall not practice law in this state unless reinstated or except during a stay of the suspension as provided in Rule VII(C)(15).
Generally, the final deadline is April 15 of each year. April 15, 2023, however, was a Saturday, and the clerk's office was closed. Therefore, Rule VII(C)(4) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar extended the deadline to the next business day, Monday, April 17, 2023.
Category 1
License Suspended for Nonpayment of License Fee and Penalties
Bar Number: 2010077 Leah V. Ammons Daley Tulsa, OK
Bar Number: 96224 Robert Miles Berry, Jr. Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2001114 Mary Jennifer Settle Brown Dallas, TX
Bar Number: 97187 George Antonio Anaya Athens, OH
Bar Number: 98017 Carl Ray Bishop Clarendon, AR
Bar Number: 87015 Diana Joan Burleson Indianapolis, IN
Bar Number: 80150 Alinda L. Andrews Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 88018 Claire Louise Borengasser Fort Smith, AR
Bar Number: 2007069 Brian Lee Campbell Pea Ridge, AR
Bar Number: 78006 George Latta Bachelor, III Hot Springs, AR
Bar Number: 82022 Mary D. Carpenter Boyd Fayetteville, AR
Bar Number: 89155 Keith Carle Maysville, NC
Bar Number: 2023027 Cameron Joseph Baker Denver, CO
Bar Number: 86025 Jeffrey Todd Branch Paragould, AR
Bar Number: 2003177 Warren Hunter Carpenter Dallas, TX
Bar Number: 96003 Gregory Alan Barnard Norman, OK
Bar Number: 96062 Alison Offutt Bratton Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2019243 D. Nicholas Carroll Russellville, AR
Bar Number: 73005 Ben Thomas Barry Fayetteville, AR
Bar Number: 2004172 Benjamin David Brenner Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2011114 Heather McNew Carter Greenville, TX
Bar Number: 84010 Margaret A. R. Beam Hot Springs, AR
Bar Number: 98086 Allison Brewer Thurman Madison, MS
Bar Number: 2009175 Kesha Maria Chiappinelli Bentonville, AR
Bar Number: 82013 Benjamin Alson Beland, II Fort Smith, AR
Bar Number: 89018 Robert H. Briley, Jr. Maumelle, AR
Bar Number: 2011281 Adrielle Lynn Churchill Washington, DC
Bar Number: 2006009 Ernest L. Cochran Texarkana, TX
Bar Number: 86008 Candice Baker Dickson Jonesboro, AR
Bar Number: 93010 Joette Furlough Dallas, TX
Bar Number: 2003101 John Kevin Coker Spring, TX
Bar Number: 77044 James Edward Dickson Jonesboro, AR
Bar Number: 86144 Gail Ponder Gaines Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2018205 John Douglas Cortes Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 94241 Mark Doyle Easley Saint Louis, MO
Bar Number: 2007310 Crystal Gee Gibson Plano, TX
Bar Number: 83045 Dorothy Crookshank Eureka Springs, AR
Bar Number: 79164 Jack Else Cedar Rapids, IA
Bar Number: 95021 Gerard E. Glynn Orlando, FL
Bar Number: 86047 Mark Dominique D'Auteuil Russellville, AR
Bar Number: 2011119 Carin Paris Evans Fort Worth, TX
Bar Number: 73042 Patrick James Goss Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2012182 Bruce C. Davis Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2011089 Jennifer Dianne Felts Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2008212 Travis Allen Gray Des Peres, MO
Bar Number: 2006222 Alison Applewhite Dennington Melbourne Beach, FL
Bar Number: 2016077 Andrew Firth Reno, NV
Bar Number: 94040 Barbara Ann Griffin Newport, AR
Bar Number: 96074 Christian Diane Denton Conway, AR
Bar Number: 2012308 Eugene Stone Forrester, Jr. Memphis, TN
Bar Number: 2019059 Thomas Weaver Griffin, III Oklahoma City, OK
Bar Number: 2017050 Joshua Clayton Dickinson Spokane Valley, WA
Bar Number: 2008009 Gwendolyn Sue Frost Houston, TX
Bar Number: 2011007 Jerry Elizabeth Erzsebet Griffith Eureka Springs, AR
Bar Number: 97129 William L. Griggs, IV Fort Smith, AR
Bar Number: 2010209 Jeremy Miller Hays Sorrento, FL
Bar Number: 92120 Joseph Patrick Jaynes Searcy, AR
Bar Number: 86074 Henry Charles Gschwend, Jr. Jonesboro, AR
Bar Number: 2013080 Thomas Bradley Hesselbein Kutztown, PA
Bar Number: 2002134 Luwalhati Admana Johnson Dallas, TX
Bar Number: 2016013 Kimberly Lawrence Guthrie Jackson, MS
Bar Number: 73056 Harlin Ray Hodnett Van Buren, AR
Bar Number: 80075 Patricia Roberts Julian North Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 87072 Mark S. Harbour Fairfield Bay, AR
Bar Number: 2014252 Blake Parker Hoyt Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2003097 James Thomas Keet Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 83207 Mary L. Harmon New York, NY
Bar Number: 2021132 Ifeoma Ada Ibekwe Fayetteville, AR
Bar Number: 74091 Joseph E. Kilpatrick, Jr. Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2011121 Ronald L. Harper Memphis, TN
Bar Number: 79099 Blaine A. Jackson Bentonville, AR
Bar Number: 89093 Kerry Layne Kilpatrick Monroe, LA
Bar Number: 2020280 Katherine Mary Harris Oklahoma City, OK
Bar Number: 2022257 Zoe Charise Jackson Maumelle, AR
Bar Number: 2009089 Jennifer R. Kiper Kansas City, MO
Bar Number: 2020089 William Victor Haslam Fayetteville, AR
Bar Number: 91008 Robert Thomas James Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 99015 Molly Anne Knutson Los Angeles, CA
Bar Number: 2020265 Alexandria Elizabeth Hawkins Centerton, AR
Bar Number: 76054 Stephen Eugene James Bee Branch, AR
Bar Number: 80083 Robert Joseph Lambert, Jr. Springdale, AR
Bar Number: 80086 Jean Langford Jonesboro, AR
Bar Number: 2007102 Donald B. Miller, Jr. Prescott, AZ
Bar Number: 80197 Michael D. Peek Texarkana, TX
Bar Number: 2008074 Michael Haden Lawyer Memphis, TN
Bar Number: 2006026 Mickey S. Moon Houston, TX
Bar Number: 2010117 James Thomas Perry, Jr. Houston, TX
Bar Number: 90183 Celia S. Liner Venice, FL
Bar Number: 2010145 Lesley Brooke Morgan Tacoma, WA
Bar Number: 2015214 Debra D. Poulin Santa Fe, NM
Bar Number: 77085 Nancy Jane Mahler Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2013116 Rachel Rebecca Bergstrom Morgan Dallas, TX
Bar Number: 2015066 Tara Whitney Raddle Walnut Ridge, AR
Bar Number: 2001051 Alvin Quincey Malone Southlake, TX
Bar Number: 2017033 Lindsey Elizabeth Lee Moss Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2013047 Travis C. Ragland Conway, AR
Bar Number: 84102 Hiram McBeth, III Pine Bluff, AR
Bar Number: 90189 John David Nichols North Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2001032 Jason Douglas Reed Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 76178 Austin McCaskill, III Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2013266 Joshua Thomas Ogle Los Angeles, CA
Bar Number: 2022087 Jeffrey Todd Reel Bentonville, IL
Bar Number: 2006100 David Alan Farrell McCoy Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2016118 Daniel K. O'Toole St. Louis, MO
Bar Number: 2015208 April Rheaume Seattle, WA
Bar Number: 2018012 Nathan Landon Mendenhall Fort Smith, AR
Bar Number: 90147 Steven James Paris West End, NC
Bar Number: 96058 Ann L. Richardson Berryville, AR
Bar Number: 89225 Jerry A. Richardson Tulsa, OK
Bar Number: 2015063 Scott J. Schrum Ironton, MO
Bar Number: 81151 Mary Beth Sudduth Fort Smith, AR
Bar Number: 96132 Bryan Warde Riley Siloam Springs, AR
Bar Number: 2019037 Jody Lee Shackelford Highland, AR
Bar Number: 2009266 Robert C. Sullivan Kansas City, MO
Bar Number: 2009245 Adrianna Faith Rios Hot Springs, AR
Bar Number: 2020286 Michelle Brady Sisco-Sankrityayan Memphis, TN
Bar Number: 88171 Karen J. Freeman Swogger Eureka Springs, AR
Bar Number: 2017027 Nathan Parham Roberts Camden, AR
Bar Number: 92242 Lloyd Howard Smith, Jr. El Dorado, AR
Bar Number: 96254 Michael Douglas Tanner Cary, NC
Bar Number: 2015206 Spellman Patrick Robertson Joplin, MO
Bar Number: 84138 Vicki King Smith Rogers, AR
Bar Number: 88172 Jonathan Bruce Taylor Washington
Bar Number: 78134 Gregory Neal Robinson Pine Bluff, AR
Bar Number: 2001016 John R. Snell Quarryville, PA
Bar Number: 2017272 Dawn Rachelle Tezino Humble, TX
Bar Number: 88011 Norton Rosenthal Plano, TX
Bar Number: 81223 Leymon L. Solomon Fulshear, TX
Bar Number: 76130 David Jerome Throesch Pocahontas, AR
Bar Number: 2017062 Beryl Jay Rushefsky Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2008015 Travis L. Starr Ames, IA
Bar Number: 99089 Heather Leigh Turnbull Tallahassee, FL
Bar Number: 2007119 Barbara L. Samuels Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 99063 Scott Anthony Strain Durham, NC
Bar Number: 2001087 Bill M. Wade Memphis, TN
Bar Number: 2010267 Rachel V. Warnick Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2016119 Richard Paul Williams, III Jackson, MS
Bar Number: 2018016 Whitney Alexander Wayne Austin, TX
Bar Number: 2005112 Che' Dawn Williamson Houston, TX
Bar Number: 2014115 Jeffry Dan Weems Houston, TX
Bar Number: 83186 William Ross Wisely Hot Springs National Park, AR
Bar Number: 2010171 Jennifer Ann Wells Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 99099 Linda Karen Woodworth Harrison, AR
Bar Number: 87185 Richard Ray West Marion, AR
Bar Number: 2015138 Jing Zhao Chicago, IL
Bar Number: 2009002 Clay M. White Tyler, TX
Total Count: 149
Bar Number: 78165 David H. White Hot Springs, AR
Bar Number: 2005048 Vallie J. Wilkerson Vilonia, AR
Bar Number: 2012177 Jennifer Renae Williams Poplar Bluff, MO
Category 2
Returned to paid status since the April 18, 2023 suspension
Bar Number: 2016095 Caroline Helene Beavers Arvada, CO
Bar Number: 99098 William Bishop Woosley Conway, AR
Total Count: 2
Category 3
License Deemed Surrendered for Nonpayment of License Fee and Penalties
For More than Three Consecutive Years
Bar Number: 2017075 Shannon Bryant-Gamble Jefferson City, MO
Bar Number: 2010112 Ann C. Fries Broken Arrow, OK
Bar Number: 2017072 Ann C. Kapsimalis Knoxville, TN
Bar Number: 2011033 Kevin Byrd Hot Springs, AR
Bar Number: 92258 Jill Odell Gibson Portland, OR
Bar Number: 2012236 Leon Kassab Dallas, TX
Bar Number: 77025 Michael Cleveland Carter Fort Smith, AR
Bar Number: 2012226 Blake Bryant Goodsell Birmingham, AL
Bar Number: 89068 Dennis Michael Kinney Fayetteville, AR
Bar Number: 2000061 Damon Neil Cluck Sherwood, AR
Bar Number: 2014010 Jennifer Lynne Graf Dallas, TX
Bar Number: 2006262 Fredrick Albert Lutz, Jr. Nashville, TN
Bar Number: 93046 Bart Charles Craytor New Boston, TX
Bar Number: 75048 James C. Graves Fairfield, IO
Bar Number: 2017245 Sarah K. Mayes Eureka Springs, AR
Bar Number: 87045 Michael Ray Davis Sherwood, AR
Bar Number: 88106 David P. Heasley Bryant, AR
Bar Number: 2013009 Brittney Angela McClinton Flower Mound, TX
Bar Number: 2006316 Richard Dallas Elms, Jr. Atlanta, GA
Bar Number: 2008273 Megan Jean Hudson Van Buren, AR
Bar Number: 2005095 Brian L. Mincher Dallas, TX
Bar Number: 79062 Ernest B. Farquharson Fort Smith, AR
Bar Number: 2019016 Victor D. Huhem Fort Worth, TX
Bar Number: 79209 Jay Carol Miner Machias, ME
Bar Number: 2010001 Whitney M. Ferguson Austin, TX
Bar Number: 84080 Tim Humphries Fayetteville, AR
Bar Number: 87208 Vincent A. Mulloy Washington, DC
Bar Number: 94167 Charles Raymond Peden Atlanta, GA
Bar Number: 2010073 Petrina L. Thompson Aubrey, TX
Bar Number: 73163 Robert Byran Perry Waco, TX
Bar Number: 2017052 Audrey Kathleen Trevino Johnstown, CO
Bar Number: 2015065 J. Matthew Reardon Rogers, AR
Bar Number: 2011102 Robert John Wittwer Okeene, OK
Bar Number: 2012002 Amy Michelle Reynolds Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 84165 Keith Newton Wood Hope, AR
Bar Number: 2010208 Summer Michelle Rhoden Memphis, TN
Bar Number: 78174 James William Woods Irving, TX
Bar Number: 90146 Mike Robinson Bryant AR
Bar Number: 91202 Kenneth E. Rudd Wildwood, MO
TOTAL COUNT: 41
Bar Number: 90124 Robert A. Russell, Jr. Little Rock, AR
Bar Number: 2006022 Melissa Spohn Centennial, CO