STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. LATIMER

STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. LATIMER
2011 OK 11
Case Number: SCBD-5496
Decided: 02/17/2011

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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

STATE OF OKLAHOMA ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Association, Complainant,
v.
CAESAR COOLERIDGE LATIMER, Respondent.

ORDER OF INTERIM SUSPENSION

On December 10, 2010, Complainant, Oklahoma Bar Association, filed its Verified Application for Order of Emergency Suspension with the Office of the Chief Justice pursuant to Rule 6.2A, Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings, 5 O.S. 2001 ch. 1, app. 1-A .

On December 17, 2010, Respondent was ordered to show cause within ten (10) days why an order of interim suspension should not be entered. Respondent failed to file a response with this Court as directed.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Respondent is hereby suspended from the practice of law in Oklahoma until further order of this Court.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent give written notices to affected clients and otherwise comply with Rule 9.1 hereof within ten (10) days of the date of this order, pursuant to Rule 6.2A(3)(i), RGDP.

DONE IN CONFERENCE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT THIS 17th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2011.

/S/CHIEF JUSTICE

TAYLOR, C.J., KAUGER, WATT, WINCHESTER, EDMONDSON, REIF, COMBS, JJ. - concur

COLBERT, V.C.J. - not participating