IN THE MATTER OF THE REINSTATEMENT OF WHITE

IN THE MATTER OF THE REINSTATEMENT OF WHITE
2010 OK 17
Case Number: SCBD-5566
Decided: 02/22/2010

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

FOR PUBLICATION IN OBJ ONLY. NOT RELEASED FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

In the Matter of the Reinstatement of: ALISSA ANN SHADDIX WHITE to membership in the Oklahoma Bar Association and to the Roll of Attorneys

ORDER OF REINSTATEMENT
TO THE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION AND ROLL OF ATTORNEYS

¶1 On September 29, 2009, Alisa Ann Shaddix White (petitioner) filed her petition for reinstatement to membership in the Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA) and to the Roll of Attorneys pursuant to Rule 11.1 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP), 5 O.S.2001, ch.1, app.1-A. No objection to the petition for reinstatement has been filed.

¶2 After an investigation was conducted pursuant to Rule 11.2 of the RGDP, a trial panel of the Professional Responsibility Tribunal (PRT) held an evidentiary hearing on December 3, 2009, on the petition for reinstatement in accordance with Rule 11.3 of the RGDP. In the PRT hearing, the OBA recommended that petitioner be reinstated.

¶3 On January 4, 2010, the PRT filed its report with the requisite findings in accordance with Rule 11.5 of the RGDP. The PRT unanimously recommended that petitioner be reinstated to membership in the OBA and that her name be reentered on the Roll of Attorneys without the necessity of examination. The OBA and petitioner waived their rights to file briefs.

¶4 This Court has exclusive jurisdiction over the licensing of attorneys. In re Reinstatement of Kamins,

¶5 The record before us establishes the following facts. Petitioner graduated from the University of Oklahoma School of Law in May of 2001. On October 2, 2001, petitioner was admitted to membership in the OBA. Petitioner practiced law in Oklahoma until June 15, 2003, when she moved to Madison, Wisconsin because her husband had graduated from medical school and had accepted a residency position at the University of Wisconsin. On September 30, 2003, petitioner was admitted to the practice of law in Wisconsin after successfully passing its bar examination. On December 13, 2004, petitioner voluntarily resigned from membership in the OBA because she was no longer practicing law in Oklahoma. Her resignation was accepted and her name was administratively stricken from the roll of attorneys in Oklahoma.

¶6 Petitioner practiced law in Wisconsin from September 30, 2003 until June 24, 2008. On June 24, 2008, petitioner moved to Gainesville, Florida, because her husband had accepted a one-year position there. Because petitioner knew that she would be in Florida only a short time, she did not seek admission to the practice of law there. After her husband took at position in Oklahoma, petitioner moved back to Oklahoma on July 15, 2009.