The following attorneys were suspended by the Supreme Court on Aug. 21, 2013, for failing to comply with Rule 21 of the Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court, which requires mandatory continuing legal education, in the 2012 compliance year. Attorneys who have since complied with CLE requirements, and for whom notice has been received from the court, are noted as reinstated.

On Jan. 1, 2012, the Tennessee Supreme Court adopted amendments to Rule 9, Sections 20.1, 20.2 and 20.8. The amendments included a new requirement that lawyers assuming inactive-status must pay an annual inactive-status fee to the Board of Professional Responsibility. Pursuant to the rule, the fee is due on or before the first day of each attorney’s birth month of each year. Attorneys who have since complied with fee requirements, and for whom notice has been received from the court, are noted as reinstated.

The Tennessee Supreme Court has issued a number of orders suspending Tennessee-licensed attorneys who have not paid their 2013 annual registration fee to the Board of Professional Responsibility and/or have not filed a mandatory compliance statement that eligible client funds are held in accounts participating in the Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program. Those names appear first. The court also has issued separate orders for those attorneys who filed their IOLTA report but did not pay their fee, and those attorneys who paid their fee but did not file the IOLTA report.

The following attorneys were suspended by the Tennessee Supreme Court on Nov. 29, 2012, for failing to pay the state professional privilege tax as required by Tennessee Code Annotated 67-4-1702. Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 9, Section 32, attorneys who fail to pay the fee for at least two consecutive years, are summarily suspended. Attorneys who have since complied with the requirements, and for whom notice has been received from the court, are noted as reinstated.

The following attorneys were suspended by the Supreme Court on Aug. 31, 2012, for failing to comply with Rule 21 of the Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court, which requires mandatory continuing legal education, for the 2011 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 Tennessee Supreme Court has issued a number of orders suspending Tennessee-licensed attorneys who do not pay their 2012 registration fee to the Board of Professional Responsibility and/or do not file a mandatory compliance statement that eligible client funds are held in accounts participating in the Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program. Those names appear first. The court also has issued separate orders for those attorneys who file their IOLTA report but do not pay their fee, and those attorneys who pay their fee but do not file the IOLTA report.

The Board of Professional Responsibility has revoked pro hac vice permission for the following attorneys due to their failure to pay the annual registration fee required by Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 19. Attorneys who have since complied with the requirements, and for whom notice has been received from the court, are noted as reinstated.

On Aug. 22, 2011, the Tennessee Supreme Court issued an order suspending Tennessee-licensed attorneys who did not pay their 2011 registration fee to the Board of Professional Responsibility and did not file a mandatory compliance statement that eligible client funds are held in accounts participating in the Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program. That list appears first.

The following attorneys were suspended by the Supreme Court on Aug. 31, 2011, for failing to comply with Rule 21 of the Rules of the Tennessee Supreme Court, which requires mandatory continuing legal education, during the 2010 compliance year. Attorneys who have since complied with CLE requirements, and for whom notice has been received from the court, are noted as reinstated.

On July 8, 2009, the Supreme Court of Tennessee adopted amendments to Rules 8 and 43 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Tennessee requiring all attorneys who hold eligible client funds to participate in the Tennessee Bar Foundation's Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program. These amendments were effective Jan. 1, 2010, and the 2010 Mandatory IOLTA Compliance Statement was included with the Board of Professional Responsibility's 2010 Annual Registration Statement.