In Re Suspension of Attorneys Who Failed to Pay 2025 Annual Attorney-License Fee

2025 Ark. 59
CourtSupreme Court of Arkansas
DecidedMay 1, 2025
StatusPublished

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In Re Suspension of Attorneys Who Failed to Pay 2025 Annual Attorney-License Fee, 2025 Ark. 59 (Ark. 2025).

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Cite as 2025 Ark. 59 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS IN RE SUSPENSION OF Opinion Delivered: May 1, 2025 ATTORNEYS WHO FAILED TO PAY 2025 ANNUAL ATTORNEY-LICENSE FEE

PER CURIAM

The final deadline for attorneys to pay the 2025 annual attorney-license fee was April

15, 2025. 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, 2025, 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, 2025, 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, 2025, 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 Penal es

Bar Number: 84155 Bar Number: 81015 Bar Number: 98086 Susan Walker Allen Joe Benson Allison Brewer Thurman Russellville, AR Garfield, AR Madison, MS

Bar Number: 81003 Bar Number: 2012020 Bar Number: 2016082 Alfred F. Angulo, Jr. Don Bowen Berry John Walker Wright Brogden Fayetteville, AR Dallas, TX Las Vegas, NV

Bar Number: 2021056 Bar Number: 74012 Bar Number: 2021016 Brittney Scene Archie Garland William Binns, Jr. Christian Thomas Brown Baytown, TX Little Rock, AR Weatherford, TX

Bar Number: 2024087 Bar Number: 2014239 Bar Number: 77017 Mickale Stephen Balzac Chevera Annette Blakemore Gregory Brugh Brown Fayetteville, AR Desoto, TX Mercer Island, WA

Bar Number: 96003 Bar Number: 2015029 Bar Number: 2022018 Gregory Alan Barnard Jeremy Bland Sara Kay Bryning Norman, OK North Little Rock, AR Sapulpa, OK

Bar Number: 78009 Bar Number: 81018 Bar Number: 81021 Don Keith Barnes Andrew L. Blood William Basil Buergler Little Rock, AR Little Rock, AR Fort Smith, AR

Bar Number: 78014 Bar Number: 93121 Bar Number: 2020269 John W. Beason, Jr. Lara Elizabeth Bowles Susan Burns Jonesboro, AR Little Rock, AR Saint Paul, MN

Bar Number: 82012 Bar Number: 79021 Bar Number: 2007069 Steven Gregory Beck Bill Eugene Bracey, Jr. Brian Lee Campbell Little Rock, AR Blytheville, AR Pea Ridge, AR

Bar Number: 98169 Bar Number: 90153 Bar Number: 2009032 Martha Ann Rowland Beltrani Gerald L. Brantley Matthew Douglas Campbell Saint Louis, MO Austin, TX Little Rock, AR

2 Category 1

Suspended-license Status Nonpayment of License Fee and Penal es

Bar Number: 2009217 Bar Number: 75154 Bar Number: 88094 Elizabeth Brummet Carr Deborah Ann Culpepper John Charles Edwards Lafayette, LA Yakima, WA Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 2019243 Bar Number: 2007039 Bar Number: 83061 D. Nicholas Carroll Betty Ross Czeschin Kathryn P. Eisenkramer Russellville, AR Mountain Home, AR Hot Springs, AR

Bar Number: 2011114 Bar Number: 99016 Bar Number: 2012019 Heather McNew Carter Forchisha Martauna Oepole Davis Donald Charles Eudaly Greenville, TX Saint Charles, MO Searcy, AR

Bar Number: 2006009 Bar Number: 75030 Bar Number: 2014066 Ernest L. Cochran Joseph Barrett Deacon B. Ashton Fallin Texarkana, TX San Antonio, TX Thomaston, GA

Bar Number: 2014258 Bar Number: 2002191 Bar Number: 2008179 Derrell A. Coleman Michael Kerry DeKruif Ronald Paul Fink, Jr. Dallas, TX Woodland Hills, CA Westtown, PA

Bar Number: 2020088 Bar Number: 2008137 Bar Number: 2016077 Michael Timothy Collis Michael D. Dement Andrew Firth Pittsburgh, PA Dallas, TX Reno, NV

Bar Number: 83041 Bar Number: 87050 Bar Number: 2007314 John Wayne Cone Ronald Franklin Dooms Michael Thomas Flannery Benton, AR Washington, DC Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 2009096 Bar Number: 95155 Bar Number: 2020275 David M. Cook Jacqueline Janene Drescher Shane Christopher Fletcher Memphis, TN Charleston, SC Jenks, OK

Bar Number: 87041 Bar Number: 2011109 Bar Number: 97081 Douglas W. Coy Fred Andrew Dunsing James L. Ford, II Little Rock, AR Denver, CO Fayetteville, AR

3 Category 1

Suspended-license Status Nonpayment of License Fee and Penal es

Bar Number: 2007261 Bar Number: 2022033 Bar Number: 2007296 Jennifer Marler Frank Garrett A. Grellner Valerie L. Hays Brentwood, TN Springfield, MO Spring City, PA

Bar Number: 2020090 Bar Number: 2019059 Bar Number: 82196 Adam T. Funk Thomas Weaver Griffin, III Col. Joseph L. Heimann Houston, TX Oklahoma City, OK Highland, IL

Bar Number: 93010 Bar Number: 86074 Bar Number: 2013080 Joette Furlough Henry Charles Gschwend, Jr. Thomas Bradley Hesselbein Dallas, TX Jonesboro, AR Kutztown, PA

Bar Number: 2022014 Bar Number: 2004007 Bar Number: 2020295 Constance Ruth Gabel Joel Grant Hargis Jacob Andrew Hill Hinesville, GA Jonesboro, AR Texarkana, TX

Bar Number: 93056 Bar Number: 90023 Bar Number: 96110 Carolyn Ann Gai Adam Harkey Clayton Kyle Hodges San Francisco, CA Little Rock, AR McKinney, TX

Bar Number: 2023017 Bar Number: 81082 Bar Number: 2023038 Aubrey E. George Ralph M. Harmon Angelina Dawn Hollingsworth Oklahoma City, OK Fort Smith, AR Bentonville, AR

Bar Number: 88101 Bar Number: 2023293 Bar Number: 79092 O. Emerson Gover Jayniece Rosa Higgins Harris Donald Michael Hollingsworth Sherwood, AR Memphis, TN Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 2023010 Bar Number: 2020280 Bar Number: 2012175 Jonathan H. Green Katherine Mary Harris Robert Gerald Hopper Little Rock, AR Oklahoma City, OK Fayetteville, AR

Bar Number: 92018 Bar Number: 2020265 Bar Number: 79167 John Greenhaw Alexandria Elizabeth Hawkins Bernard Phillip Ingold Fayetteville, AR Centerton, AR Dumfries, VA

4 Category 1

Suspended-license Status Nonpayment of License Fee and Penal es

Bar Number: 2013160 Bar Number: 2002134 Bar Number: 2016110 Darlene M. Irwin Luwalhati Admana Johnson James Phillip Kerley Crestview, FL Dallas, TX Memphis, TN

Bar Number: 2005142 Bar Number: 79169 Bar Number: 77078 Maxine Isaacs Walter Tweed Johnson Raymond C. Kilgore, Jr. Greensboro, NC Dallas, TX Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 2005218 Bar Number: 76058 Bar Number: 74091 Joseph Dale Jackson Berlin C. Jones Joseph E. Kilpatrick, Jr. Caddo Valley, AR Pine Bluff, AR Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 2016254 Bar Number: 2018017 Bar Number: 89093 Quincy Leigh Jaeger Martha Deacon Jones Kerry Layne Kilpatrick Colorado Springs, CO Little Rock, AR Monroe, LA

Bar Number: 2018033 Bar Number: 86097 Bar Number: 2015255 Bradley Kenneth Jakel Thomas Pharr Jones Angela Mary Kinley Brea, CA Little Rock, AR Atlanta, GA

Bar Number: 76055 Bar Number: 2014224 Bar Number: 2009089 Leon N. Jamison Tori B. Jones Jennifer R. Kiper Pine Bluff, AR Little Rock, AR Kansas City, MO

Bar Number: 92120 Bar Number: 80075 Bar Number: 88125 Joseph Patrick Jaynes Patricia Roberts Julian Patrick Russell Kirby Searcy, AR North Little Rock, AR Little Rock, AR

Bar Number: 76170 Bar Number: 2023193 Bar Number: 84088 Susan Elizabeth Jelen Emma Kathryn Jumper Lois G. Kline Plano, TX Little Rock, AR Las Vegas, NV

Bar Number: 2005165 Bar Number: 2015030 Bar Number: 2018193 Bonnie Joan Johnson Robert F.

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