State ex. rel. Oklahoma Bar Assn. v. Fister

State ex. rel. Oklahoma Bar Assn. v. Fister
2000 OK 43
Case Number: OBAD-1423, SCBD-4538
Decided: 05/30/2000
Supreme Court of Oklahoma

STATE OF OKLAHOMA ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION, Complainant,
v.
RUSSELL B. FISTER, Respondent

¶0 ORDER OF EMERGENCY INTERIM SUSPENSION

¶1 The Complainant having filed an Application for Order of Emergency Interim Suspension of the Respondent's license to practice law, pursuant to Rule 6, Rule 6.2A and Rule 10, Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings, Title 5, Ch. 1, App. 1-A, the matter was referred to the Professional Responsibility Tribunal for hearing. The Professional Responsibility Tribunal filed a report with this Court recommending that the order of emergency interim suspension be entered. We have reviewed the record in its entirety and have entered an order finding the evidence sufficient to support the application and temporarily suspending the Respondent's licence to practice law until further order of the Court.

¶2 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT

¶3 DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 30TH DAY OF MAY, 2000.

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CHIEF JUSTICE

¶4 CONCUR: SUMMERS, C.J., HARGRAVE, V.C.J., KAUGER, WATT, BOUDREAU, WINCHESTER, JJ.

¶5 NOT PARTICIPATING: OPALA, J.

¶6 DISQUALIFIED: HODGES, LAVENDER, JJ.