STATE ex. rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSN. v. BROWN

STATE ex. rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSN. v. BROWN
2001 OK 64
28 P.3d 569
72 OBJ 1977
Case Number: SCBD-4603
Decided: 07/03/2001

STATE OF OKLAHOMA ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Association, Complainant
v.
DANNY RAY BROWN, Respondent

¶0 RULE 8 APPLICATION
APPLICATION APPROVED.
RESPONDENT'S NAME STRICKEN
FROM THE ROLL OF ATTORNEYS.

Allen J. Welch, Assistant General Counsel, Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma City, OK, for Complainant, and Danny Ray Brown, Lawton, Oklahoma, pro se Respondent.

ORDER

¶1 Upon the filing of a complaint with the Oklahoma Supreme Court, Respondent, Danny Ray Brown, has tendered his resignation from membership in the Oklahoma Bar Association pending disciplinary proceedings. The Bar has filed an application for approval of Respondent's resignation. Upon consideration of this matter, we find:

¶2 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Complainant's application and respondent's resignation be approved.

¶3 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent's name be stricken from the Roll of Attorneys and that he make no application for reinstatement to membership in the Oklahoma Bar Association prior to five years from December 9, 2001.

¶4 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent comply with Rule 9.1, Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings.

¶5 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent reimburse the Client Security Fund of the Oklahoma Bar Association, including interest at the statutory rate, should it pay any funds to his former clients for claims made due to his alleged misconduct.

DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 2ND DAY OF JULY, 2001.

S/ CHIEF JUSTICE

¶6 HARGRAVE, C.J., HODGES, LAVENDER, OPALA, KAUGER, SUMMERS, BOUDREAU, and WINCHESTER, JJ. - concur.

¶7 WATT, V.C.J. - dissents.

WATT, V.C.J. - dissents: