Court Opinion

ID: 9388252
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-04-20 15:02:06.818498+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:18:19.109194
License: Public Domain

Cite as 2023 Ark. 67

                SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
  IN RE SUSPENSION OF                             Opinion Delivered: April 20, 2023

  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, 2023.1 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).

       1
        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.
Bar Number: 2010077          Bar Number: 96224           Bar Number: 2001114
Leah V. Ammons Daley         Robert Miles Berry, Jr.     Mary Jennifer Settle Brown
Tulsa, OK                    Little Rock, AR             Dallas, TX

Bar Number: 97187            Bar Number: 98017           Bar Number: 87015
George Antonio Anaya         Carl Ray Bishop             Diana Joan Burleson
Athens, OH                   Clarendon, AR               Indianapolis, IN

Bar Number: 80150            Bar Number: 88018           Bar Number: 2007069
Alinda L. Andrews            Claire Louise Borengasser   Brian Lee Campbell
Little Rock, AR              Fort Smith, AR              Pea Ridge, AR

Bar Number: 78006            Bar Number: 82022           Bar Number: 89155
George Latta Bachelor, III   Mary D. Carpenter Boyd      Keith Carle
Hot Springs, AR              Fayetteville, AR            Maysville, NC

Bar Number: 2023027          Bar Number: 86025           Bar Number: 2003177
Cameron Joseph Baker         Jeffrey Todd Branch         Warren Hunter Carpenter
Denver, CO                   Paragould, AR               Dallas, TX

Bar Number: 96003            Bar Number: 96062           Bar Number: 2019243
Gregory Alan Barnard         Alison Offutt Bratton       D. Nicholas Carroll
Norman, OK                   Little Rock, AR             Russellville, AR

Bar Number: 73005            Bar Number: 2004172         Bar Number: 2011114
Ben Thomas Barry             Benjamin David Brenner      Heather McNew Carter
Fayetteville, AR             Little Rock, AR             Greenville, TX

Bar Number: 84010            Bar Number: 98086           Bar Number: 2009175
Margaret A. R. Beam          Allison Brewer Thurman      Kesha Maria Chiappinelli
Hot Springs, AR              Madison, MS                 Bentonville, AR

Bar Number: 82013            Bar Number: 89018           Bar Number: 2011281
Benjamin Alson Beland, II    Robert H. Briley, Jr.       Adrielle Lynn Churchill
Fort Smith, AR               Maumelle, AR                Washington, DC

                                                                                      1
                                             Category 1

                                     Suspended-license Status
                               Nonpayment of License Fee and Penaltes

Bar Number: 2006009              Bar Number: 86008                      Bar Number: 93010
Ernest L. Cochran                Candice Baker Dickson                  Joette Furlough
Texarkana, TX                    Jonesboro, AR                          Dallas, TX

Bar Number: 2003101              Bar Number: 77044                      Bar Number: 86144
John Kevin Coker                 James Edward Dickson                   Gail Ponder Gaines
Spring, TX                       Jonesboro, AR                          Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 2018205              Bar Number: 94241                      Bar Number: 2007310
John Douglas Cortes              Mark Doyle Easley                      Crystal Gee Gibson
Little Rock, AR                  Saint Louis, MO                        Plano, TX

Bar Number: 83045                Bar Number: 79164                      Bar Number: 95021
Dorothy Crookshank               Jack Else                              Gerard E. Glynn
Eureka Springs, AR               Cedar Rapids, IA                       Orlando, FL

Bar Number: 86047                Bar Number: 2011119                    Bar Number: 73042
Mark Dominique D'Auteuil         Carin Paris Evans                      Patrick James Goss
Russellville, AR                 Fort Worth, TX                         Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 2012182              Bar Number: 2011089                    Bar Number: 2008212
Bruce C. Davis                   Jennifer Dianne Felts                  Travis Allen Gray
Little Rock, AR                  Little Rock, AR                        Des Peres, MO

Bar Number: 2006222              Bar Number: 2016077                    Bar Number: 94040
Alison Applewhite Dennington     Andrew Firth                           Barbara Ann Griffin
Melbourne Beach, FL              Reno, NV                               Newport, AR

Bar Number: 96074                Bar Number: 2012308                    Bar Number: 2019059
Christian Diane Denton           Eugene Stone Forrester, Jr.            Thomas Weaver Griffin, III
Conway, AR                       Memphis, TN                            Oklahoma City, OK

Bar Number: 2017050              Bar Number: 2008009                    Bar Number: 2011007
Joshua Clayton Dickinson         Gwendolyn Sue Frost                    Jerry Elizabeth Erzsebet Griffith
Spokane Valley, WA               Houston, TX                            Eureka Springs, AR

                                                                                                        2
                                             Category 1

                                     Suspended-license Status
                               Nonpayment of License Fee and Penaltes

Bar Number: 97129                Bar Number: 2010209                    Bar Number: 92120
William L. Griggs, IV            Jeremy Miller Hays                     Joseph Patrick Jaynes
Fort Smith, AR                   Sorrento, FL                           Searcy, AR

Bar Number: 86074                Bar Number: 2013080                    Bar Number: 2002134
Henry Charles Gschwend, Jr.      Thomas Bradley Hesselbein              Luwalhati Admana Johnson
Jonesboro, AR                    Kutztown, PA                           Dallas, TX

Bar Number: 2016013              Bar Number: 73056                      Bar Number: 80075
Kimberly Lawrence Guthrie        Harlin Ray Hodnett                     Patricia Roberts Julian
Jackson, MS                      Van Buren, AR                          North Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 87072                Bar Number: 2014252                    Bar Number: 2003097
Mark S. Harbour                  Blake Parker Hoyt                      James Thomas Keet
Fairfield Bay, AR                Little Rock, AR                        Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 83207                Bar Number: 2021132                    Bar Number: 74091
Mary L. Harmon                   Ifeoma Ada Ibekwe                      Joseph E. Kilpatrick, Jr.
New York, NY                     Fayetteville, AR                       Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 2011121              Bar Number: 79099                      Bar Number: 89093
Ronald L. Harper                 Blaine A. Jackson                      Kerry Layne Kilpatrick
Memphis, TN                      Bentonville, AR                        Monroe, LA

Bar Number: 2020280              Bar Number: 2022257                    Bar Number: 2009089
Katherine Mary Harris            Zoe Charise Jackson                    Jennifer R. Kiper
Oklahoma City, OK                Maumelle, AR                           Kansas City, MO

Bar Number: 2020089              Bar Number: 91008                      Bar Number: 99015
William Victor Haslam            Robert Thomas James                    Molly Anne Knutson
Fayetteville, AR                 Little Rock, AR                        Los Angeles, CA

Bar Number: 2020265              Bar Number: 76054                      Bar Number: 80083
Alexandria Elizabeth Hawkins     Stephen Eugene James                   Robert Joseph Lambert, Jr.
Centerton, AR                    Bee Branch, AR                         Springdale, AR

                                                                                                     3
                                         Category 1

                                 Suspended-license Status
                           Nonpayment of License Fee and Penaltes

Bar Number: 80086            Bar Number: 2007102                    Bar Number: 80197
Jean Langford                Donald B. Miller, Jr.                  Michael D. Peek
Jonesboro, AR                Prescott, AZ                           Texarkana, TX

Bar Number: 2008074          Bar Number: 2006026                    Bar Number: 2010117
Michael Haden Lawyer         Mickey S. Moon                         James Thomas Perry, Jr.
Memphis, TN                  Houston, TX                            Houston, TX

Bar Number: 90183            Bar Number: 2010145                    Bar Number: 2015214
Celia S. Liner               Lesley Brooke Morgan                   Debra D. Poulin
Venice, FL                   Tacoma, WA                             Santa Fe, NM

Bar Number: 77085            Bar Number: 2013116                    Bar Number: 2015066
Nancy Jane Mahler            Rachel Rebecca Bergstrom               Tara Whitney Raddle
Little Rock, AR              Morgan                                 Walnut Ridge, AR
                             Dallas, TX

Bar Number: 2001051          Bar Number: 2017033                    Bar Number: 2013047
Alvin Quincey Malone         Lindsey Elizabeth Lee Moss             Travis C. Ragland
Southlake, TX                Little Rock, AR                        Conway, AR

Bar Number: 84102            Bar Number: 90189                      Bar Number: 2001032
Hiram McBeth, III            John David Nichols                     Jason Douglas Reed
Pine Bluff, AR               North Little Rock, AR                  Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 76178            Bar Number: 2013266                    Bar Number: 2022087
Austin McCaskill, III        Joshua Thomas Ogle                     Jeffrey Todd Reel
Little Rock, AR              Los Angeles, CA                        Bentonville, IL

Bar Number: 2006100          Bar Number: 2016118                    Bar Number: 2015208
David Alan Farrell McCoy     Daniel K. O'Toole                      April Rheaume
Little Rock, AR              St. Louis, MO                          Seattle, WA

Bar Number: 2018012          Bar Number: 90147                      Bar Number: 96058
Nathan Landon Mendenhall     Steven James Paris                     Ann L. Richardson
Fort Smith, AR               West End, NC                           Berryville, AR

                                                                                              4
                                           Category 1

                                   Suspended-license Status
                             Nonpayment of License Fee and Penaltes

Bar Number: 89225              Bar Number: 2015063                    Bar Number: 81151
Jerry A. Richardson            Scott J. Schrum                        Mary Beth Sudduth
Tulsa, OK                      Ironton, MO                            Fort Smith, AR

Bar Number: 96132              Bar Number: 2019037                    Bar Number: 2009266
Bryan Warde Riley              Jody Lee Shackelford                   Robert C. Sullivan
Siloam Springs, AR             Highland, AR                           Kansas City, MO

Bar Number: 2009245            Bar Number: 2020286                    Bar Number: 88171
Adrianna Faith Rios            Michelle Brady                         Karen J. Freeman Swogger
Hot Springs, AR                Sisco-Sankrityayan                     Eureka Springs, AR
                               Memphis, TN

Bar Number: 2017027            Bar Number: 92242                      Bar Number: 96254
Nathan Parham Roberts          Lloyd Howard Smith, Jr.                Michael Douglas Tanner
Camden, AR                     El Dorado, AR                          Cary, NC

Bar Number: 2015206            Bar Number: 84138                      Bar Number: 88172
Spellman Patrick Robertson     Vicki King Smith                       Jonathan Bruce Taylor
Joplin, MO                     Rogers, AR                             Washington

Bar Number: 78134              Bar Number: 2001016                    Bar Number: 2017272
Gregory Neal Robinson          John R. Snell                          Dawn Rachelle Tezino
Pine Bluff, AR                 Quarryville, PA                        Humble, TX

Bar Number: 88011              Bar Number: 81223                      Bar Number: 76130
Norton Rosenthal               Leymon L. Solomon                      David Jerome Throesch
Plano, TX                      Fulshear, TX                           Pocahontas, AR

Bar Number: 2017062            Bar Number: 2008015                    Bar Number: 99089
Beryl Jay Rushefsky            Travis L. Starr                        Heather Leigh Turnbull
Little Rock, AR                Ames, IA                               Tallahassee, FL

Bar Number: 2007119            Bar Number: 99063                      Bar Number: 2001087
Barbara L. Samuels             Scott Anthony Strain                   Bill M. Wade
Little Rock, AR                Durham, NC                             Memphis, TN

                                                                                                 5
                                          Category 1

                                Suspended-license Status
                          Nonpayment of License Fee and Penaltes

Bar Number: 2010267         Bar Number: 2016119
Rachel V. Warnick           Richard Paul Williams, III
Little Rock, AR             Jackson, MS

Bar Number: 2018016         Bar Number: 2005112
Whitney Alexander Wayne     Che' Dawn Williamson
Austin, TX                  Houston, TX

Bar Number: 2014115         Bar Number: 83186
Jeffry Dan Weems            William Ross Wisely
Houston, TX                 Hot Springs National Park, AR

Bar Number: 2010171         Bar Number: 99099
Jennifer Ann Wells          Linda Karen Woodworth
Little Rock, AR             Harrison, AR

Bar Number: 87185           Bar Number: 2015138
Richard Ray West            Jing Zhao
Marion, AR                  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

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                                                  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

                                                                                        7
                                                Category 3

                        License Deemed Surrendered for Nonpayment of License Fee and Penalties
                                     For More than Three Consecutive Years

Bar Number: 2017075                     Bar Number: 2010112                     Bar Number: 2017072
Shannon Bryant-Gamble                   Ann C. Fries                            Ann C. Kapsimalis
Jefferson City, MO                      Broken Arrow, OK                        Knoxville, TN

Bar Number: 2011033                     Bar Number: 92258                       Bar Number: 2012236
Kevin Byrd                              Jill Odell Gibson                       Leon Kassab
Hot Springs, AR                         Portland, OR                            Dallas, TX

Bar Number: 77025                       Bar Number: 2012226                     Bar Number: 89068
Michael Cleveland Carter                Blake Bryant Goodsell                   Dennis Michael Kinney
Fort Smith, AR                          Birmingham, AL                          Fayetteville, AR

Bar Number: 2000061                     Bar Number: 2014010                     Bar Number: 2006262
Damon Neil Cluck                        Jennifer Lynne Graf                     Fredrick Albert Lutz, Jr.
Sherwood, AR                            Dallas, TX                              Nashville, TN

Bar Number: 93046                       Bar Number: 75048                       Bar Number: 2017245
Bart Charles Craytor                    James C. Graves                         Sarah K. Mayes
New Boston, TX                          Fairfield, IO                           Eureka Springs, AR

Bar Number: 87045                       Bar Number: 88106                       Bar Number: 2013009
Michael Ray Davis                       David P. Heasley                        Brittney Angela McClinton
Sherwood, AR                            Bryant, AR                              Flower Mound, TX

Bar Number: 2006316                     Bar Number: 2008273                     Bar Number: 2005095
Richard Dallas Elms, Jr.                Megan Jean Hudson                       Brian L. Mincher
Atlanta, GA                             Van Buren, AR                           Dallas, TX

Bar Number: 79062                       Bar Number: 2019016                     Bar Number: 79209
Ernest B. Farquharson                   Victor D. Huhem                         Jay Carol Miner
Fort Smith, AR                          Fort Worth, TX                          Machias, ME

Bar Number: 2010001                     Bar Number: 84080                       Bar Number: 87208
Whitney M. Ferguson                     Tim Humphries                           Vincent A. Mulloy
Austin, TX                              Fayetteville, AR                        Washington, DC

                                                                                                            8
                                                 Category 3

                         License Deemed Surrendered for Nonpayment of License Fee and Penalties
                                      For More than Three Consecutive Years

Bar Number: 94167                        Bar Number: 2010073
Charles Raymond Peden                    Petrina L. Thompson
Atlanta, GA                              Aubrey, TX

Bar Number: 73163                        Bar Number: 2017052
Robert Byran Perry                       Audrey Kathleen Trevino
Waco, TX                                 Johnstown, CO

Bar Number: 2015065                      Bar Number: 2011102
J. Matthew Reardon                       Robert John Wittwer
Rogers, AR                               Okeene, OK

Bar Number: 2012002                      Bar Number: 84165
Amy Michelle Reynolds                    Keith Newton Wood
Little Rock, AR                          Hope, AR

Bar Number: 2010208                      Bar Number: 78174
Summer Michelle Rhoden                   James William Woods
Memphis, TN                              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

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