IN RE SUSPENSION OF ATTORNEYS (Per Curiam)

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Cite as 2023 Ark. 67 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS IN RE SUSPENSION OF ATTORNEYS WHO FAILED TO PAY 2023 ANNUAL ATTORNEY-LICENSE FEE Opinion Delivered: April 20, 2023 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 Tulsa, OK Robert Miles Berry, Jr. Little Rock, AR Mary Jennifer Settle Brown Dallas, TX Bar Number: 97187 Bar Number: 98017 Bar Number: 87015 George Antonio Anaya Athens, OH Carl Ray Bishop Clarendon, AR Diana Joan Burleson Indianapolis, IN Bar Number: 80150 Bar Number: 88018 Bar Number: 2007069 Alinda L. Andrews Little Rock, AR Claire Louise Borengasser Fort Smith, AR Brian Lee Campbell Pea Ridge, AR Bar Number: 78006 Bar Number: 82022 Bar Number: 89155 George Latta Bachelor, III Hot Springs, AR Mary D. Carpenter Boyd Fayetteville, AR Keith Carle Maysville, NC Bar Number: 2023027 Bar Number: 86025 Bar Number: 2003177 Cameron Joseph Baker Denver, CO Jeffrey Todd Branch Paragould, AR Warren Hunter Carpenter Dallas, TX Bar Number: 96003 Bar Number: 96062 Bar Number: 2019243 Gregory Alan Barnard Norman, OK Alison Offutt Bratton Little Rock, AR D. Nicholas Carroll Russellville, AR Bar Number: 73005 Bar Number: 2004172 Bar Number: 2011114 Ben Thomas Barry Fayetteville, AR Benjamin David Brenner Little Rock, AR Heather McNew Carter Greenville, TX Bar Number: 84010 Bar Number: 98086 Bar Number: 2009175 Margaret A. R. Beam Hot Springs, AR Allison Brewer Thurman Madison, MS Kesha Maria Chiappinelli Bentonville, AR Bar Number: 82013 Bar Number: 89018 Bar Number: 2011281 Benjamin Alson Beland, II Fort Smith, AR Robert H. Briley, Jr. Maumelle, AR Adrielle Lynn Churchill 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 Texarkana, TX Candice Baker Dickson Jonesboro, AR Joette Furlough Dallas, TX Bar Number: 2003101 Bar Number: 77044 Bar Number: 86144 John Kevin Coker Spring, TX James Edward Dickson Jonesboro, AR Gail Ponder Gaines Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 2018205 Bar Number: 94241 Bar Number: 2007310 John Douglas Cortes Little Rock, AR Mark Doyle Easley Saint Louis, MO Crystal Gee Gibson Plano, TX Bar Number: 83045 Bar Number: 79164 Bar Number: 95021 Dorothy Crookshank Eureka Springs, AR Jack Else Cedar Rapids, IA Gerard E. Glynn Orlando, FL Bar Number: 86047 Bar Number: 2011119 Bar Number: 73042 Mark Dominique D'Auteuil Russellville, AR Carin Paris Evans Fort Worth, TX Patrick James Goss Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 2012182 Bar Number: 2011089 Bar Number: 2008212 Bruce C. Davis Little Rock, AR Jennifer Dianne Felts Little Rock, AR Travis Allen Gray Des Peres, MO Bar Number: 2006222 Bar Number: 2016077 Bar Number: 94040 Alison Applewhite Dennington Melbourne Beach, FL Andrew Firth Reno, NV Barbara Ann Griffin Newport, AR Bar Number: 96074 Bar Number: 2012308 Bar Number: 2019059 Christian Diane Denton Conway, AR Eugene Stone Forrester, Jr. Memphis, TN Thomas Weaver Griffin, III Oklahoma City, OK Bar Number: 2017050 Bar Number: 2008009 Bar Number: 2011007 Joshua Clayton Dickinson Spokane Valley, WA Gwendolyn Sue Frost Houston, TX Jerry Elizabeth Erzsebet Griffith 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 Fort Smith, AR Jeremy Miller Hays Sorrento, FL Joseph Patrick Jaynes Searcy, AR Bar Number: 86074 Bar Number: 2013080 Bar Number: 2002134 Henry Charles Gschwend, Jr. Jonesboro, AR Thomas Bradley Hesselbein Kutztown, PA Luwalhati Admana Johnson Dallas, TX Bar Number: 2016013 Bar Number: 73056 Bar Number: 80075 Kimberly Lawrence Guthrie Jackson, MS Harlin Ray Hodnett Van Buren, AR Patricia Roberts Julian North Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 87072 Bar Number: 2014252 Bar Number: 2003097 Mark S. Harbour Fairfield Bay, AR Blake Parker Hoyt Little Rock, AR James Thomas Keet Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 83207 Bar Number: 2021132 Bar Number: 74091 Mary L. Harmon New York, NY Ifeoma Ada Ibekwe Fayetteville, AR Joseph E. Kilpatrick, Jr. Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 2011121 Bar Number: 79099 Bar Number: 89093 Ronald L. Harper Memphis, TN Blaine A. Jackson Bentonville, AR Kerry Layne Kilpatrick Monroe, LA Bar Number: 2020280 Bar Number: 2022257 Bar Number: 2009089 Katherine Mary Harris Oklahoma City, OK Zoe Charise Jackson Maumelle, AR Jennifer R. Kiper Kansas City, MO Bar Number: 2020089 Bar Number: 91008 Bar Number: 99015 William Victor Haslam Fayetteville, AR Robert Thomas James Little Rock, AR Molly Anne Knutson Los Angeles, CA Bar Number: 2020265 Bar Number: 76054 Bar Number: 80083 Alexandria Elizabeth Hawkins Centerton, AR Stephen Eugene James Bee Branch, AR Robert Joseph Lambert, Jr. 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 Jonesboro, AR Donald B. Miller, Jr. Prescott, AZ Michael D. Peek Texarkana, TX Bar Number: 2008074 Bar Number: 2006026 Bar Number: 2010117 Michael Haden Lawyer Memphis, TN Mickey S. Moon Houston, TX James Thomas Perry, Jr. Houston, TX Bar Number: 90183 Bar Number: 2010145 Bar Number: 2015214 Celia S. Liner Venice, FL Lesley Brooke Morgan Tacoma, WA Debra D. Poulin Santa Fe, NM Bar Number: 77085 Bar Number: 2013116 Bar Number: 2015066 Nancy Jane Mahler Little Rock, AR Rachel Rebecca Bergstrom Morgan Dallas, TX Tara Whitney Raddle Walnut Ridge, AR Bar Number: 2001051 Bar Number: 2017033 Bar Number: 2013047 Alvin Quincey Malone Southlake, TX Lindsey Elizabeth Lee Moss Little Rock, AR Travis C. Ragland Conway, AR Bar Number: 84102 Bar Number: 90189 Bar Number: 2001032 Hiram McBeth, III Pine Bluff, AR John David Nichols North Little Rock, AR Jason Douglas Reed Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 76178 Bar Number: 2013266 Bar Number: 2022087 Austin McCaskill, III Little Rock, AR Joshua Thomas Ogle Los Angeles, CA Jeffrey Todd Reel Bentonville, IL Bar Number: 2006100 Bar Number: 2016118 Bar Number: 2015208 David Alan Farrell McCoy Little Rock, AR Daniel K. O'Toole St. Louis, MO April Rheaume Seattle, WA Bar Number: 2018012 Bar Number: 90147 Bar Number: 96058 Nathan Landon Mendenhall Fort Smith, AR Steven James Paris West End, NC Ann L. Richardson 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 Tulsa, OK Scott J. Schrum Ironton, MO Mary Beth Sudduth Fort Smith, AR Bar Number: 96132 Bar Number: 2019037 Bar Number: 2009266 Bryan Warde Riley Siloam Springs, AR Jody Lee Shackelford Highland, AR Robert C. Sullivan Kansas City, MO Bar Number: 2009245 Bar Number: 2020286 Bar Number: 88171 Adrianna Faith Rios Hot Springs, AR Michelle Brady Sisco-Sankrityayan Memphis, TN Karen J. Freeman Swogger Eureka Springs, AR Bar Number: 2017027 Bar Number: 92242 Bar Number: 96254 Nathan Parham Roberts Camden, AR Lloyd Howard Smith, Jr. El Dorado, AR Michael Douglas Tanner Cary, NC Bar Number: 2015206 Bar Number: 84138 Bar Number: 88172 Spellman Patrick Robertson Joplin, MO Vicki King Smith Rogers, AR Jonathan Bruce Taylor Washington Bar Number: 78134 Bar Number: 2001016 Bar Number: 2017272 Gregory Neal Robinson Pine Bluff, AR John R. Snell Quarryville, PA Dawn Rachelle Tezino Humble, TX Bar Number: 88011 Bar Number: 81223 Bar Number: 76130 Norton Rosenthal Plano, TX Leymon L. Solomon Fulshear, TX David Jerome Throesch Pocahontas, AR Bar Number: 2017062 Bar Number: 2008015 Bar Number: 99089 Beryl Jay Rushefsky Little Rock, AR Travis L. Starr Ames, IA Heather Leigh Turnbull Tallahassee, FL Bar Number: 2007119 Bar Number: 99063 Bar Number: 2001087 Barbara L. Samuels Little Rock, AR Scott Anthony Strain Durham, NC Bill M. Wade Memphis, TN 5 Category 1 Suspended-license Status Nonpayment of License Fee and Penaltes Bar Number: 2010267 Bar Number: 2016119 Rachel V. Warnick Little Rock, AR Richard Paul Williams, III Jackson, MS Bar Number: 2018016 Bar Number: 2005112 Whitney Alexander Wayne Austin, TX Che' Dawn Williamson Houston, TX Bar Number: 2014115 Bar Number: 83186 Jeffry Dan Weems Houston, TX William Ross Wisely Hot Springs National Park, AR Bar Number: 2010171 Bar Number: 99099 Jennifer Ann Wells Little Rock, AR Linda Karen Woodworth Harrison, AR Bar Number: 87185 Bar Number: 2015138 Richard Ray West Marion, AR 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 6 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 Jefferson City, MO Ann C. Fries Broken Arrow, OK Ann C. Kapsimalis Knoxville, TN Bar Number: 2011033 Bar Number: 92258 Bar Number: 2012236 Kevin Byrd Hot Springs, AR Jill Odell Gibson Portland, OR Leon Kassab Dallas, TX Bar Number: 77025 Bar Number: 2012226 Bar Number: 89068 Michael Cleveland Carter Fort Smith, AR Blake Bryant Goodsell Birmingham, AL Dennis Michael Kinney Fayetteville, AR Bar Number: 2000061 Bar Number: 2014010 Bar Number: 2006262 Damon Neil Cluck Sherwood, AR Jennifer Lynne Graf Dallas, TX Fredrick Albert Lutz, Jr. Nashville, TN Bar Number: 93046 Bar Number: 75048 Bar Number: 2017245 Bart Charles Craytor New Boston, TX James C. Graves Fairfield, IO Sarah K. Mayes Eureka Springs, AR Bar Number: 87045 Bar Number: 88106 Bar Number: 2013009 Michael Ray Davis Sherwood, AR David P. Heasley Bryant, AR Brittney Angela McClinton Flower Mound, TX Bar Number: 2006316 Bar Number: 2008273 Bar Number: 2005095 Richard Dallas Elms, Jr. Atlanta, GA Megan Jean Hudson Van Buren, AR Brian L. Mincher Dallas, TX Bar Number: 79062 Bar Number: 2019016 Bar Number: 79209 Ernest B. Farquharson Fort Smith, AR Victor D. Huhem Fort Worth, TX Jay Carol Miner Machias, ME Bar Number: 2010001 Bar Number: 84080 Bar Number: 87208 Whitney M. Ferguson Austin, TX Tim Humphries Fayetteville, AR Vincent A. Mulloy 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 Atlanta, GA Petrina L. Thompson Aubrey, TX Bar Number: 73163 Bar Number: 2017052 Robert Byran Perry Waco, TX Audrey Kathleen Trevino Johnstown, CO Bar Number: 2015065 Bar Number: 2011102 J. Matthew Reardon Rogers, AR Robert John Wittwer Okeene, OK Bar Number: 2012002 Bar Number: 84165 Amy Michelle Reynolds Little Rock, AR Keith Newton Wood Hope, AR Bar Number: 2010208 Bar Number: 78174 Summer Michelle Rhoden Memphis, TN 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 9

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