Case Title: STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. IJAMS

Citation: 2014 OK 69

Docket Number: SCBD-6154

State: oklahoma

Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court

Date: 2014-07-15T00:00:00Z

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STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. IJAMS2014 OK 69Case Number: SCBD-6154Decided: 07/15/2014THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION, 
Complainant,v.CLAYTON D. IJAMS, JR. Respondent.
ORDER OF IMMEDIATE INTERIM SUSPENSION
The Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA), in compliance with Rule 7.1 and 7.2 of 
the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP), has forward to this Court 
certified copies of the Amended Information and Judgment and Sentence, in which 
Clayton D. Ijams, Jr. entered a plea of guilty to DUI of Alcohol, a violation of 
41 OS 11-902(A)(2); and Operating a Vehicle with Defective Equipment or Unsafe 
Conditions, a violation of 47 OS 12-101. In addition, the Clerk of the Court for 
Tulsa County, in compliance with Rule 7.1 and 7.2 of the RGDP has forward to 
this Court certified copies of the Order of Deferred Sentence, in which Clayton 
D. Ijams, Jr. entered a plea of guilty to Eluding A Police Officer, a violation 
of 21 OS 540B; and entered a plea of Nolo to Obstructing a Police Officer, a 
violation of 21 OS 649.1.
Rule 7.3 of the RGDP provides: "Upon receipt of the certified copies of 
Judgment and Sentence on a plea of guilty, order deferring judgment and 
sentence, indictment or information and the judgment and sentence, the Supreme 
Court shall by order immediately suspend the lawyer from the practice of law 
until further order of the Court." Having received certified copies of these 
papers and orders, this Court orders that Clayton D. Ijams, Jr. is immediately 
suspended from the practice of law. Clayton D. Ijams, Jr. is directed to show 
cause, if any, no later than July 28, 2014, why this order of interim suspension 
should be set aside. See RGDP Rule 7.3. The OBA has until August 11, 
2014, to respond to Clayton D. Ijams, Jr. should one be filed.
Rule 7.2 of the RGDP provides that a certified copy of a plea of guilty, an 
order deferring judgment and sentence, or information and judgment and sentence 
of conviction "shall constitute the charge and be conclusive evidence of the 
commission of the crime upon which the judgment and sentence is based and shall 
suffice as the basis for discipline in accordance with these rules." Pursuant to 
Rule 7.4 of the RGDP, Clayton D. Ijams, Jr. has until August 18, 2014, to show 
cause in writing why a final order of discipline should not be imposed, to 
request a hearing, or to file a brief and any evidence tending to mitigate the 
severity of discipline. The OBA has until September 2, 2014, to respond.
DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT this 15th day of July, 2014.
/S/CHIEF JUSTICE 
Colbert, C.J., Reif, V.C.J., Kauger, Watt, Winchester,Taylor, Combs and 
Gurich, JJ, concur;
Edmondson, J., dissents