For Failure to Complete Continuing Legal Education Requirements in 2024

The following attorneys were suspended by the Tennessee Supreme Court on Aug. 19, 2025, for failing to comply with Rule 21 of the Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court, which requires mandatory continuing legal education, during the 2024 compliance year. Attorneys who have since complied with CLE requirements, and for whom notice has been received from the court, are noted as reinstated.

The TBA provides this information as a member service and not as an official record of an attorney's status. Interested individuals should check with the Board of Professional Responsibility for the official status of a Tennessee licensed attorney.

View the Aug. 19, 2025 Order

TENNESSEE

Arlington
McKinley Charles Martin Jr. - reinstated 9/3/25

Bartlett
Kira Jennifer Lakner

Brentwood
Jennifer Renee Hellmer - reinstated 9/8//25
Robert Bowen Stillwell

Burns
Megan Celina Texiera - reinstated 8/26/25

Chattanooga
Richard Donald Faulkner Jr. - reinstated 8/21/25

Clarksville
Kayla Michelle Napolitano

College Grove
Christopher David - reinstated 8/20/25

Covington
Rachel Kathryn - reinstated 8/21/25

Elizabethton
Jason Lee Holly - reinstated 12/9/25

Franklin
Jacob David Farmer - reinstated 8/29/25

Germantown
John Kevin Cavender
Marcus Neal Hanna - reinstated 9/18//25
Daniel Ray Woodlief Jr.

Goodlettsville
Steven Glen Fuller - reinstated 8/20/25

Hendersonville
William Shea Forgety - reinstated 8/22/25

Hermitage
Joy Lynn Davis - reinstated 9/4/25
John David Carver - reinstated 12/2/25

Jackson
Joseph Ray Taggart - reinstated 8/26/25

Knoxville
Margaret Beebe Held - reinstated 8/20/25
Lucille Calvert McGee - reinstated 8/21/25
Grant Mitchell Reynolds

McMinnville
Joyce Williams Cooper - reinstated 8/25/25

Memphis
Bradley Laird Clark - reinstated 8/26/25
Carlee Marie McCullough - reinstated 8/25/25
Michael Paul Pfrommer - reinstated 9/23/25

Mount Juliet
Mitzi Leasha George - reinstated 8/27/25

Munford
Jeffery L. Stimpson

Murfreesboro
David Bennett LaRoche
Martha Monique Gillespie-Stewart

Nashville
Chanelle Rhea Acheson - reinstated 8/22/25
Samar Subhi Ali - reinstated 8/27/25
John Alfred Bell Jr. - reinstated 9/4/25
Samuel John Hershey Beutler
Edith Margarethe Bluhm - reinstated 8/29/25
William David Bridgers - reinstated 10/22/25
Stephen Philip Jordan
Star Stephanie-Dione Kimbrow
Wesley Jesse Ladner III - reinstated 8/21/25
Fritz Richter III
Kathleen Denise Shackelford - reinstated 8/21/25
Dominick Randolph Smith - reinstated 8/20/25
Bryce Michael Wasserman

Pikeville
Howard Hink Bayless

Waverly
Catherine Peck Bowman - reinstated 8/20/25

OUT-OF-STATE

Alabama
Daniel Fredrick Aldridge - reinstated 9/23/25
James Larry Stirling Jr.

California
Katherine Rose Pfost

Florida
Cullen Isaiah Boggus - reinstated 9/4/25
Andrea Rigali Cunha
Barton Andrew Hove - reinstated 10/20/25
Michael Ryan McCord - reinstated 8/20/25
Christopher Heath Williams - reinstated 12/11/25

Georgia
Gregory A. Clark
Robert Stephen Grot
Richard Thomas Hills - reinstated 8/20/25
Jaclyn Nicole Walliser - reinstated 8/27/25
Joseph Nathanael Watson - reinstated 9/3/25

Idaho
Leighton George Linning - reinstated 11/25/25
Edward Kendall White IV- reinstated 8/22/25

Illinois
Joel David Moses
Katherine Blake - reinstated 8/20/25

Maryland
Matthew Philip Downer - reinstated 8/27/25

Mississippi
Kenya Dachell Brooks
Andrew Wayne Coffman - reinstated 8/20/25
Franklin Alan Garrison
Robert G. Moore Jr. - reinstated 11/12/25

North Carolina
Thornton B. Henry

Nevada
Renee Marie Smith

New York
Christopher Allen Pinckney

Virginia
Curtis McLendon Rogers

Military Post
Philip M. TerHorst - reinstated 8/26/25

INTERNATIONAL

Bong-Hyun Shin, South Korea

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Additional Resources

• TBA's Administrative Suspension Directory

• Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 8: Rules of Professional Conduct

• Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 9: Disciplinary Enforcement

• Tennessee Supreme Court Board of Judicial Conduct