IN RE SUSPENSION OF ATTORNEYS WHO FAILED TO PAY 2024 ANNUAL ATTORNEY-LICENSE FEE (Per Curiam)

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Cite as 2024 Ark. 67 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS IN RE SUSPENSION OF ATTORNEYS WHO FAILED TO PAY 2024 ANNUAL ATTORNEY-LICENSE FEE Opinion Delivered April 18, 2024 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 Little Rock, AR Steven Gregory Beck Little Rock, AR Alison Offutt Bratton Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 97050 Bar Number: 2018121 Bar Number: 2021016 Christie Gunter Adams Flint, TX Kathryn Blair Bennett Dallas, TX Christian Thomas Brown Weatherford, TX Bar Number: 84155 Bar Number: 2012020 Bar Number: 77017 Susan Walker Allen Russellville, AR Don Bowen Berry Dallas, TX Gregory Brugh Brown Mercer Island, WA Bar Number: 2015189 Bar Number: 74012 Bar Number: 2019243 Julia M. Atherton Gravette, AR Garland William Binns, Jr. Little Rock, AR D. Nicholas Carroll Russellville, AR Bar Number: 2013263 Bar Number: 98017 Bar Number: 2011114 Ryne Heath Ballou Benton, AR Carl Ray Bishop Clarendon, AR Heather McNew Carter Greenville, TX Bar Number: 96003 Bar Number: 2001060 Bar Number: 2022021 Gregory Alan Barnard Norman, OK Jill Blankenship Batesville, AR Sandra Mekita Cianflone Atlanta, GA Bar Number: 78009 Bar Number: 85012 Bar Number: 2020068 Don Keith Barnes Little Rock, AR Mikel Robert Blocker Fayetteville, AR Janelle Lilley Cline Wilmington, NC Bar Number: 73005 Bar Number: 2021299 Bar Number: 2006009 Ben Thomas Barry Fayetteville, AR Sonya Kayleen Boun Siloam Springs, AR Ernest L. Cochran Texarkana, TX Bar Number: 78014 Bar Number: 86025 Bar Number: 2003101 John W. Beason, Jr. Jonesboro, AR Jeffrey Todd Branch Paragould, AR John Kevin Coker 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 Benton, AR Jennifer L. Dedman Little Rock, AR Carin Paris Evans Fort Worth, TX Bar Number: 2011245 Bar Number: 2002191 Bar Number: 2014066 J. Shane Cox North Little Rock, AR Michael Kerry DeKruif Woodland Hills, CA B. Ashton Fallin Thomaston, GA Bar Number: 87041 Bar Number: 2008137 Bar Number: 2011089 Douglas W. Coy Little Rock, AR Michael D. Dement Dallas, TX Jennifer Dianne Felts Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 75026 Bar Number: 2006222 Bar Number: 2018092 Stephen Kevin Cuffman Little Rock, AR Alison Applewhite Dennington Melbourne Beach, FL Alexandra S. Fernandez San Francisco, CA Bar Number: 76162 Bar Number: 86008 Bar Number: 2016077 Michael B. Dabney Marked Tree, AR Candice Baker Dickson Jonesboro, AR Andrew Firth Reno, NV Bar Number: 2020146 Bar Number: 77044 Bar Number: 2007314 Joshua Arthur Daniels Springdale, AR James Edward Dickson Jonesboro, AR Michael Thomas Flannery Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 90070 Bar Number: 87050 Bar Number: 2020275 Joshua Joy Dara, Sr. Pineville, LA Ronald Franklin Dooms Washington, DC Shane Christopher Fletcher Jenks, OK Bar Number: 99016 Bar Number: 94241 Bar Number: 2007261 Forchisha Martauna Oepole Davis St. Charles, MO Mark Doyle Easley Saint Louis, MO Jennifer Marler Frank Brentwood, TN Bar Number: 2007025 Bar Number: 79164 Bar Number: 2017017 Richard Eugene Davis Springfield, MO Jack Else Cedar Rapids, IA Rachel Freyman 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 Tampa, FL Travis Allen Gray Des Peres, MO James L. Harris Rogers, AR Bar Number: 2020090 Bar Number: 92018 Bar Number: 2020280 Adam T. Funk Houston, TX John Greenhaw Fayetteville, AR Katherine Mary Harris Oklahoma City, OK Bar Number: 93010 Bar Number: 2022033 Bar Number: 2020265 Joette Furlough Dallas, TX Garrett A. Grellner Columbia, MO Alexandria Elizabeth Hawkins Centerton, AR Bar Number: 93056 Bar Number: 2019059 Bar Number: 2013080 Carolyn Ann Gai San Francisco, CA Thomas Weaver Griffin, III Oklahoma City, OK Thomas Bradley Hesselbein Kutztown, PA Bar Number: 86144 Bar Number: 86074 Bar Number: 96110 Gail Ponder Gaines Little Rock, AR Henry Charles Gschwend, Jr. Jonesboro, AR Clayton Kyle Hodges McKinney, TX Bar Number: 2017261 Bar Number: 2016013 Bar Number: 2023038 Sharon Marie Garner Houston, TX Kimberly Lawrence Guthrie Jackson, MS Angelina Dawn Hollingsworth Bentonville, AR Bar Number: 2010246 Bar Number: 90023 Bar Number: 2014252 Jamie Giani Fort Smith, AR Adam Harkey Little Rock, AR Blake Parker Hoyt Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 2007310 Bar Number: 83207 Bar Number: 2005142 Crystal Gee Gibson Plano, TX Mary L. Harmon New York, NY Maxine Isaacs Greensboro, NC Bar Number: 77054 Bar Number: 2011121 Bar Number: 76170 Kenneth S. Gould Little Rock, AR Ronald L. Harper Memphis, TN Susan Elizabeth Jelen 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 Little Rock, AR Joseph E. Kilpatrick, Jr. Little Rock, AR Lynda Barr Langford Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 2002134 Bar Number: 89093 Bar Number: 2008074 Luwalhati Admana Johnson Dallas, TX Kerry Layne Kilpatrick Monroe, LA Michael Haden Lawyer Memphis, TN Bar Number: 79169 Bar Number: 2015255 Bar Number: 2012208 Walter Tweed Johnson Dallas, TX Angela Mary Kinley Atlanta, GA Ryan William Lazenby Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 76058 Bar Number: 2009089 Bar Number: 90183 Berlin C. Jones Pine Bluff, AR Jennifer R. Kiper Kansas City, MO Celia S. Liner Venice, FL Bar Number: 2018017 Bar Number: 88125 Bar Number: 88131 Martha Deacon Jones Little Rock, AR Patrick Russell Kirby Little Rock, AR Benjamin Cary Lipscomb Rogers, AR Bar Number: 2014224 Bar Number: 99075 Bar Number: 77085 Tori B. Jones Little Rock, AR Lloyd W. Kitchens, III Little Rock, AR Nancy Jane Mahler Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 80075 Bar Number: 2018193 Bar Number: 2009033 Patricia Roberts Julian North Little Rock, AR Benjamin Kyle Knuckles Saint Louis, MO Jacob Oakman Malatesta Flowood, MS Bar Number: 77194 Bar Number: 2012190 Bar Number: 2013055 Jack R. Kearney Little Rock, AR Chin Kuay Orlando, FL Maxfield E.M. Marquardt Santa Monica, CA Bar Number: 77078 Bar Number: 80086 Bar Number: 2023111 Raymond C. Kilgore, Jr. Little Rock, AR Jean Langford Jonesboro, AR William Kennon McBeath, III 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 Pine Bluff, AR Mary Leslie Middleton North Little Rock, AR Joshua Thomas Ogle Los Angeles, CA Bar Number: 2013150 Bar Number: 2006026 Bar Number: 2016118 Stefan Kane McBride Little Rock, AR Mickey S. Moon Houston, TX Daniel K. O'Toole St. Louis, MO Bar Number: 76178 Bar Number: 2010145 Bar Number: 90147 Austin McCaskill, III Little Rock, AR Lesley Brooke Morgan Tacoma, WA Steven James Paris West End, NC Bar Number: 93005 Bar Number: 2013116 Bar Number: 91265 Stephen H. Meeh Camden, SC Rachel Rebecca Bergstrom Morgan Dallas, TX Bobbi D. Patterson Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 2010092 Bar Number: 2000068 Bar Number: 2010117 Wayne Tristan Mehlin San Francsico, CA Michael W. Mullane Annapolis, MD James Thomas Perry, Jr. Houston, TX Bar Number: 2018012 Bar Number: 2013033 Bar Number: 2022185 Nathan Landon Mendenhall Fort Smith, AR William Parks Murray, III Tampa, FL Andrew H. Pinter Birmingham, AL Bar Number: 2021025 Bar Number: 2007118 Bar Number: 2022279 Steven M. Mendoza Mansfield, TX Jody R. Nathan Tulsa, OK Ashley Mariah Pratt-Stafford Atlanta, GA Bar Number: 2008096 Bar Number: 2010121 Bar Number: 84125 Matthew David Mentgen Little Rock, AR Stephan James Nazarian Washington, DC David Earl Prewett Russellville, AR Bar Number: 80100 Bar Number: 90189 Bar Number: 80199 Cynthia Russ Middleton North Little Rock, AR John David Nichols North Little Rock, AR Reba Ann Raffaelli 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 Conway, AR Norton Rosenthal Plano, TX Scott Anthony Strain Durham, NC Bar Number: 2020027 Bar Number: 2007119 Bar Number: 80139 Rebecca Ann Reed Scott City, MO Barbara L. Samuels Little Rock, AR Ralph Theodor Stricker Fayetteville, AR Bar Number: 2022087 Bar Number: 2009153 Bar Number: 88172 Jeffrey Todd Reel Bentonville, AR William Clinton Saxton Birmingham, AL Jonathan Bruce Taylor Washington, DC Bar Number: 2015208 Bar Number: 92019 Bar Number: 2017272 April Rheaume Everett, WA Joseph William Segers, III Nashville, TN Dawn Rachelle Tezino Humble, TX Bar Number: 96058 Bar Number: 2020260 Bar Number: 74146 Ann L. Richardson Berryville, AR Michael Ignatius Sheeter Sachse, TX Winfred L. Thompson Conway, AR Bar Number: 89225 Bar Number: 92126 Bar Number: 75127 Jerry A. Richardson Tulsa, OK Shayne Dixon Smith Little Rock, AR John Rodney Tisdale Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 81236 Bar Number: 2001016 Bar Number: 91078 James William Robb Fort Smith, AR John R. Snell Quarryville, PA Don Trimble Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 2015206 Bar Number: 81223 Bar Number: 2020283 Spellman Patrick Robertson Joplin, MO Leymon L. Solomon Fulshear, TX Richard Charles Vaughan Boca Raton, FL Bar Number: 78134 Bar Number: 2018084 Bar Number: 2009127 Gregory Neal Robinson Pine Bluff, AR Jeffrey Sonnabend New York, NY Samantha Sizemore Vernetti 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 Tulsa, OK Joshua Clayton Dickinson Meridian, ID Tara Whitney Raddle Walnut Ridge, AR Bar Number: 97187 Bar Number: 2008009 Bar Number: 2017062 George Antonia Anaya Athens, OH Gwendolyn Sue Frost Houston, TX Beryl Jay Rushefsky Little Rock, AR Bar Number: 82013 Bar Number: 87072 Bar Number: 2015063 Benjamin Alson Beland, II Fort Smith, AR Mark S. Harbour Fairfield Bay, AR Scott J. Schrum Ironton, MO Bar Number: 96224 Bar Number: 73056 Bar Number: 2008015 Robert Miles Berry, Jr. Little Rock, AR Harlin Ray Hodnett Van Buren, AR Travis L. Starr Ames, IA Bar Number: 2004172 Bar Number: 79099 Bar Number: 2009266 Benjamin David Brenner Little Rock, AR Blaine A. Jackson Bentonville, AR Robert C. Sullivan Kansas City, MO Bar Number: 89018 Bar Number: 76054 Bar Number: 88171 Robert H. Briley, Jr. Maumelle, AR Stephen Eugene James Bee Branch, AR Karen J. Freeman Swogger Eureka Springs, AR Bar Number: 89155 Bar Number: 99015 Bar Number: 96254 Keith Carle Maysville, NC Molly Anne Knutson Burbank, CA Michael Douglas Tanner Cary, NC Bar Number: 83045 Bar Number: 2007102 Bar Number: 2001087 Dorothy Crookshank Eureka Springs, AR Donald B. Miller, Jr. Prescott, AZ Bill M. Wade Memphis, TN Bar Number: 86047 Bar Number: 80197 Bar Number: 2018016 Mark Dominique D'Auteuil Russellville, AR Michael D. Peek Texarkana, TX Whitney Alexander Wayne 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 10

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