In Re Suspension of Attorneys Who Failed to Pay 2024 Annual Attorney-License Fee

2024 Ark. 67
CourtSupreme Court of Arkansas
DecidedApril 18, 2024
StatusPublished

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In Re Suspension of Attorneys Who Failed to Pay 2024 Annual Attorney-License Fee, 2024 Ark. 67 (Ark. 2024).

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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

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