Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-18 15:06:03.933394+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:20:29.982284
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Cite as 2024 Ark. 67
                SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
  IN RE SUSPENSION OF                             Opinion Delivered   April 18, 2024
  ATTORNEYS WHO FAILED TO PAY
  2024 ANNUAL ATTORNEY-LICENSE
  FEE

                                        PER CURIAM

       The final deadline for attorneys to pay the 2024 annual attorney-license fee was April

15, 2024. As required by Rule VII(C)(9) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar, the

clerk of this court has prepared a list of all suspended attorneys, which is attached to this per

curiam. The list is divided into three categories. Category 1 consists of those attorneys who

were automatically suspended on April 16, 2024, 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

16, 2024, 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 16, 2024, per Rule VII(C)(17). An

attorney listed in either Category 1 or 3 shall not practice law in this state unless he or she

has been (1) reinstated pursuant to Rule VII(C)(16)–(17) &(D) or (2) exempted during a

stay of the suspension as provided in Rule VII(C)(15).
                                      Category 1

                              Suspended-license Status
                        Nonpayment of License Fee and Penaltes

Bar Number: 97227         Bar Number: 82012                      Bar Number: 96062
Tonia S. Acker            Steven Gregory Beck                    Alison Offutt Bratton
Little Rock, AR           Little Rock, AR                        Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 97050         Bar Number: 2018121                    Bar Number: 2021016
Christie Gunter Adams     Kathryn Blair Bennett                  Christian Thomas Brown
Flint, TX                 Dallas, TX                             Weatherford, TX

Bar Number: 84155         Bar Number: 2012020                    Bar Number: 77017
Susan Walker Allen        Don Bowen Berry                        Gregory Brugh Brown
Russellville, AR          Dallas, TX                             Mercer Island, WA

Bar Number: 2015189       Bar Number: 74012                      Bar Number: 2019243
Julia M. Atherton         Garland William Binns, Jr.             D. Nicholas Carroll
Gravette, AR              Little Rock, AR                        Russellville, AR

Bar Number: 2013263       Bar Number: 98017                      Bar Number: 2011114
Ryne Heath Ballou         Carl Ray Bishop                        Heather McNew Carter
Benton, AR                Clarendon, AR                          Greenville, TX

Bar Number: 96003         Bar Number: 2001060                    Bar Number: 2022021
Gregory Alan Barnard      Jill Blankenship                       Sandra Mekita Cianflone
Norman, OK                Batesville, AR                         Atlanta, GA

Bar Number: 78009         Bar Number: 85012                      Bar Number: 2020068
Don Keith Barnes          Mikel Robert Blocker                   Janelle Lilley Cline
Little Rock, AR           Fayetteville, AR                       Wilmington, NC

Bar Number: 73005         Bar Number: 2021299                    Bar Number: 2006009
Ben Thomas Barry          Sonya Kayleen Boun                     Ernest L. Cochran
Fayetteville, AR          Siloam Springs, AR                     Texarkana, TX

Bar Number: 78014         Bar Number: 86025                      Bar Number: 2003101
John W. Beason, Jr.       Jeffrey Todd Branch                    John Kevin Coker
Jonesboro, AR             Paragould, AR                          Spring, TX

                                                                                           1
                                                Category 1

                                        Suspended-license Status
                                  Nonpayment of License Fee and Penaltes

Bar Number: 83041                   Bar Number: 2010204                    Bar Number: 2011119
John Wayne Cone                     Jennifer L. Dedman                     Carin Paris Evans
Benton, AR                          Little Rock, AR                        Fort Worth, TX

Bar Number: 2011245                 Bar Number: 2002191                    Bar Number: 2014066
J. Shane Cox                        Michael Kerry DeKruif                  B. Ashton Fallin
North Little Rock, AR               Woodland Hills, CA                     Thomaston, GA

Bar Number: 87041                   Bar Number: 2008137                    Bar Number: 2011089
Douglas W. Coy                      Michael D. Dement                      Jennifer Dianne Felts
Little Rock, AR                     Dallas, TX                             Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 75026                   Bar Number: 2006222                    Bar Number: 2018092
Stephen Kevin Cuffman               Alison Applewhite Dennington           Alexandra S. Fernandez
Little Rock, AR                     Melbourne Beach, FL                    San Francisco, CA

Bar Number: 76162                   Bar Number: 86008                      Bar Number: 2016077
Michael B. Dabney                   Candice Baker Dickson                  Andrew Firth
Marked Tree, AR                     Jonesboro, AR                          Reno, NV

Bar Number: 2020146                 Bar Number: 77044                      Bar Number: 2007314
Joshua Arthur Daniels               James Edward Dickson                   Michael Thomas Flannery
Springdale, AR                      Jonesboro, AR                          Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 90070                   Bar Number: 87050                      Bar Number: 2020275
Joshua Joy Dara, Sr.                Ronald Franklin Dooms                  Shane Christopher Fletcher
Pineville, LA                       Washington, DC                         Jenks, OK

Bar Number: 99016                   Bar Number: 94241                      Bar Number: 2007261
Forchisha Martauna Oepole Davis     Mark Doyle Easley                      Jennifer Marler Frank
St. Charles, MO                     Saint Louis, MO                        Brentwood, TN

Bar Number: 2007025                 Bar Number: 79164                      Bar Number: 2017017
Richard Eugene Davis                Jack Else                              Rachel Freyman
Springfield, MO                     Cedar Rapids, IA                       Nashville, TN

                                                                                                        2
                                     Category 1

                             Suspended-license Status
                       Nonpayment of License Fee and Penaltes

Bar Number: 2020096      Bar Number: 2008212                    Bar Number: 90011
Blake Andrew Fromang     Travis Allen Gray                      James L. Harris
Tampa, FL                Des Peres, MO                          Rogers, AR

Bar Number: 2020090      Bar Number: 92018                      Bar Number: 2020280
Adam T. Funk             John Greenhaw                          Katherine Mary Harris
Houston, TX              Fayetteville, AR                       Oklahoma City, OK

Bar Number: 93010        Bar Number: 2022033                    Bar Number: 2020265
Joette Furlough          Garrett A. Grellner                    Alexandria Elizabeth Hawkins
Dallas, TX               Columbia, MO                           Centerton, AR

Bar Number: 93056        Bar Number: 2019059                    Bar Number: 2013080
Carolyn Ann Gai          Thomas Weaver Griffin, III             Thomas Bradley Hesselbein
San Francisco, CA        Oklahoma City, OK                      Kutztown, PA

Bar Number: 86144        Bar Number: 86074                      Bar Number: 96110
Gail Ponder Gaines       Henry Charles Gschwend, Jr.            Clayton Kyle Hodges
Little Rock, AR          Jonesboro, AR                          McKinney, TX

Bar Number: 2017261      Bar Number: 2016013                    Bar Number: 2023038
Sharon Marie Garner      Kimberly Lawrence Guthrie              Angelina Dawn Hollingsworth
Houston, TX              Jackson, MS                            Bentonville, AR

Bar Number: 2010246      Bar Number: 90023                      Bar Number: 2014252
Jamie Giani              Adam Harkey                            Blake Parker Hoyt
Fort Smith, AR           Little Rock, AR                        Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 2007310      Bar Number: 83207                      Bar Number: 2005142
Crystal Gee Gibson       Mary L. Harmon                         Maxine Isaacs
Plano, TX                New York, NY                           Greensboro, NC

Bar Number: 77054        Bar Number: 2011121                    Bar Number: 76170
Kenneth S. Gould         Ronald L. Harper                       Susan Elizabeth Jelen
Little Rock, AR          Memphis, TN                            Plano, TX

                                                                                               3
                                         Category 1

                                 Suspended-license Status
                           Nonpayment of License Fee and Penaltes

Bar Number: 2005165          Bar Number: 74091                      Bar Number: 89071
Bonnie Joan Johnson          Joseph E. Kilpatrick, Jr.              Lynda Barr Langford
Little Rock, AR              Little Rock, AR                        Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 2002134          Bar Number: 89093                      Bar Number: 2008074
Luwalhati Admana Johnson     Kerry Layne Kilpatrick                 Michael Haden Lawyer
Dallas, TX                   Monroe, LA                             Memphis, TN

Bar Number: 79169            Bar Number: 2015255                    Bar Number: 2012208
Walter Tweed Johnson         Angela Mary Kinley                     Ryan William Lazenby
Dallas, TX                   Atlanta, GA                            Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 76058            Bar Number: 2009089                    Bar Number: 90183
Berlin C. Jones              Jennifer R. Kiper                      Celia S. Liner
Pine Bluff, AR               Kansas City, MO                        Venice, FL

Bar Number: 2018017          Bar Number: 88125                      Bar Number: 88131
Martha Deacon Jones          Patrick Russell Kirby                  Benjamin Cary Lipscomb
Little Rock, AR              Little Rock, AR                        Rogers, AR

Bar Number: 2014224          Bar Number: 99075                      Bar Number: 77085
Tori B. Jones                Lloyd W. Kitchens, III                 Nancy Jane Mahler
Little Rock, AR              Little Rock, AR                        Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 80075            Bar Number: 2018193                    Bar Number: 2009033
Patricia Roberts Julian      Benjamin Kyle Knuckles                 Jacob Oakman Malatesta
North Little Rock, AR        Saint Louis, MO                        Flowood, MS

Bar Number: 77194            Bar Number: 2012190                    Bar Number: 2013055
Jack R. Kearney              Chin Kuay                              Maxfield E.M. Marquardt
Little Rock, AR              Orlando, FL                            Santa Monica, CA

Bar Number: 77078            Bar Number: 80086                      Bar Number: 2023111
Raymond C. Kilgore, Jr.      Jean Langford                          William Kennon McBeath, III
Little Rock, AR              Jonesboro, AR                          Jackson, MS

                                                                                                  4
                                         Category 1

                                 Suspended-license Status
                           Nonpayment of License Fee and Penaltes

Bar Number: 84102            Bar Number: 80116                      Bar Number: 2013266
Hiram McBeth, III            Mary Leslie Middleton                  Joshua Thomas Ogle
Pine Bluff, AR               North Little Rock, AR                  Los Angeles, CA

Bar Number: 2013150          Bar Number: 2006026                    Bar Number: 2016118
Stefan Kane McBride          Mickey S. Moon                         Daniel K. O'Toole
Little Rock, AR              Houston, TX                            St. Louis, MO

Bar Number: 76178            Bar Number: 2010145                    Bar Number: 90147
Austin McCaskill, III        Lesley Brooke Morgan                   Steven James Paris
Little Rock, AR              Tacoma, WA                             West End, NC

Bar Number: 93005            Bar Number: 2013116                    Bar Number: 91265
Stephen H. Meeh              Rachel Rebecca Bergstrom Morgan        Bobbi D. Patterson
Camden, SC                   Dallas, TX                             Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 2010092          Bar Number: 2000068                    Bar Number: 2010117
Wayne Tristan Mehlin         Michael W. Mullane                     James Thomas Perry, Jr.
San Francsico, CA            Annapolis, MD                          Houston, TX

Bar Number: 2018012          Bar Number: 2013033                    Bar Number: 2022185
Nathan Landon Mendenhall     William Parks Murray, III              Andrew H. Pinter
Fort Smith, AR               Tampa, FL                              Birmingham, AL

Bar Number: 2021025          Bar Number: 2007118                    Bar Number: 2022279
Steven M. Mendoza            Jody R. Nathan                         Ashley Mariah Pratt-Stafford
Mansfield, TX                Tulsa, OK                              Atlanta, GA

Bar Number: 2008096          Bar Number: 2010121                    Bar Number: 84125
Matthew David Mentgen        Stephan James Nazarian                 David Earl Prewett
Little Rock, AR              Washington, DC                         Russellville, AR

Bar Number: 80100            Bar Number: 90189                      Bar Number: 80199
Cynthia Russ Middleton       John David Nichols                     Reba Ann Raffaelli
North Little Rock, AR        North Little Rock, AR                  Arlington, VA

                                                                                                   5
                                           Category 1

                                   Suspended-license Status
                             Nonpayment of License Fee and Penaltes

Bar Number: 2013047            Bar Number: 88011                      Bar Number: 99063
Travis C. Ragland              Norton Rosenthal                       Scott Anthony Strain
Conway, AR                     Plano, TX                              Durham, NC

Bar Number: 2020027            Bar Number: 2007119                    Bar Number: 80139
Rebecca Ann Reed               Barbara L. Samuels                     Ralph Theodor Stricker
Scott City, MO                 Little Rock, AR                        Fayetteville, AR

Bar Number: 2022087            Bar Number: 2009153                    Bar Number: 88172
Jeffrey Todd Reel              William Clinton Saxton                 Jonathan Bruce Taylor
Bentonville, AR                Birmingham, AL                         Washington, DC

Bar Number: 2015208            Bar Number: 92019                      Bar Number: 2017272
April Rheaume                  Joseph William Segers, III             Dawn Rachelle Tezino
Everett, WA                    Nashville, TN                          Humble, TX

Bar Number: 96058              Bar Number: 2020260                    Bar Number: 74146
Ann L. Richardson              Michael Ignatius Sheeter               Winfred L. Thompson
Berryville, AR                 Sachse, TX                             Conway, AR

Bar Number: 89225              Bar Number: 92126                      Bar Number: 75127
Jerry A. Richardson            Shayne Dixon Smith                     John Rodney Tisdale
Tulsa, OK                      Little Rock, AR                        Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 81236              Bar Number: 2001016                    Bar Number: 91078
James William Robb             John R. Snell                          Don Trimble
Fort Smith, AR                 Quarryville, PA                        Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 2015206            Bar Number: 81223                      Bar Number: 2020283
Spellman Patrick Robertson     Leymon L. Solomon                      Richard Charles Vaughan
Joplin, MO                     Fulshear, TX                           Boca Raton, FL

Bar Number: 78134              Bar Number: 2018084                    Bar Number: 2009127
Gregory Neal Robinson          Jeffrey Sonnabend                      Samantha Sizemore Vernetti
Pine Bluff, AR                 New York, NY                           Bentonville, AR

                                                                                                   6
                                                  Category 1

                                          Suspended-license Status
                                    Nonpayment of License Fee and Penaltes

Bar Number: 2010267
Rachel V. Warnick
Little Rock, AR                        Total Count: 171

Bar Number: 2010171
Jennifer Ann Wells
Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 2009002
Clay M. White
Tyler, TX

Bar Number: 2008159
Aileen Solovy Wiede
Muskego, WI

Bar Number: 2012177
Jennifer Renae Williams
Poplar Bluff, MO

Bar Number: 2012201
Jacquelin Elizebeth Wohlschlaeger
Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 99099
Linda Karen Woodworth
Harrison, AR

Bar Number: 2001077
Wayne West Young
Fayetteville, AR

Bar Number: 2015138
Jing Zhao
New York, NY

                                                                             7
                                                 Category 2

                         Returned to paid status since the April 16, 2024 suspension

Bar Number: 86001
William Gregory Almand
Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 2017059
Jaclyn Bacallao
Winchester, MA

Bar Number: 2004177
Cynthia Haseloff
Springdale, AR

                                     Total Count: 3

                                                                                       8
                                                  Category 3

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

Bar Number: 2010077                       Bar Number: 2017050                     Bar Number: 2015066
Leah V. Ammons Daley                      Joshua Clayton Dickinson                Tara Whitney Raddle
Tulsa, OK                                 Meridian, ID                            Walnut Ridge, AR

Bar Number: 97187                         Bar Number: 2008009                     Bar Number: 2017062
George Antonia Anaya                      Gwendolyn Sue Frost                     Beryl Jay Rushefsky
Athens, OH                                Houston, TX                             Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 82013                         Bar Number: 87072                       Bar Number: 2015063
Benjamin Alson Beland, II                 Mark S. Harbour                         Scott J. Schrum
Fort Smith, AR                            Fairfield Bay, AR                       Ironton, MO

Bar Number: 96224                         Bar Number: 73056                       Bar Number: 2008015
Robert Miles Berry, Jr.                   Harlin Ray Hodnett                      Travis L. Starr
Little Rock, AR                           Van Buren, AR                           Ames, IA

Bar Number: 2004172                       Bar Number: 79099                       Bar Number: 2009266
Benjamin David Brenner                    Blaine A. Jackson                       Robert C. Sullivan
Little Rock, AR                           Bentonville, AR                         Kansas City, MO

Bar Number: 89018                         Bar Number: 76054                       Bar Number: 88171
Robert H. Briley, Jr.                     Stephen Eugene James                    Karen J. Freeman Swogger
Maumelle, AR                              Bee Branch, AR                          Eureka Springs, AR

Bar Number: 89155                         Bar Number: 99015                       Bar Number: 96254
Keith Carle                               Molly Anne Knutson                      Michael Douglas Tanner
Maysville, NC                             Burbank, CA                             Cary, NC

Bar Number: 83045                         Bar Number: 2007102                     Bar Number: 2001087
Dorothy Crookshank                        Donald B. Miller, Jr.                   Bill M. Wade
Eureka Springs, AR                        Prescott, AZ                            Memphis, TN

Bar Number: 86047                         Bar Number: 80197                       Bar Number: 2018016
Mark Dominique D'Auteuil                  Michael D. Peek                         Whitney Alexander Wayne
Russellville, AR                          Texarkana, TX                           Austin, TX

                                                                                                             9
                                               Category 3

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

Bar Number: 2014115
Jeffry Dan Weems
Houston, TX

Bar Number: 87185
Richard Ray West
Marion, AR

Bar Number: 2005048
Vallie J. Wilkerson
Vilonia, AR

Bar Number: 2005112
Che' Dawn Williamson
Houston, TX

                                         Total Count: 31

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