Cite as 2016 Ark. 195
SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
IN RE SUSPENSION OF ATTORNEYS Opinion Delivered April 28, 2016
WHO FAILED TO PAY 2016 ANNUAL
ATTORNEY-LICENSE FEE
PER CURIAM
The final deadline for attorneys to pay the 2016 annual attorney-license fee was April
15, 2016. Rule VII(C) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar imposes an automatic
suspension on those attorneys who fail to pay the annual fee by the final deadline following
a series of three pre-suspension notices. The attorneys named on the attached list failed to pay
the annual license fee by the final deadline of April 15, 2016. Therefore, those attorneys were
automatically suspended on April 16, 2016, by operation of Rule VII(C) and shall not practice
law in the State of Arkansas until reinstated or except during a stay of the suspension as
provided in Rule VII(C)(15).
We take this opportunity to remind those attorneys who no longer want an Arkansas
attorney’s license that we are permitting suspended attorneys to surrender their licenses
voluntarily without paying past dues and penalties owed, and we will continue to do so until
December 31, 2016. See In re Amendments to Rules Governing Admission to the Bar, Rule VII,
2015 Ark. 280 (per curiam). Attorneys who wish to petition this court to surrender their
licenses voluntarily should begin that process by contacting the Office of the Committee on
Professional Conduct.