Case Title: IN THE MATTER OF THE SUSPENSION OF MEMBERS OF THE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION

Citation: 2012 OK 63

Docket Number: SCBD-5893

State: oklahoma

Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court

Date: 2012-06-25T00:00:00Z

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IN THE MATTER OF THE SUSPENSION OF MEMBERS OF THE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION2012 OK 63Case Number: SCBD-5893Decided: 06/25/2012THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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IN THE MATTER OF THE SUSPENSION OF MEMBERS OF THE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH MANDATORY CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2011
ORDER OF SUSPENSION FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE RULES
FOR MANDATORY CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION
On June 22, 2012, the Oklahoma Bar Association's Board of Governors filed a recommendation for the suspension of its members who failed to comply with mandatory legal education requirements for the year 2011 as required by Rules 3 and 5 of the Rules for Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE Rules), 5 O.S.2011, ch. 1, app. 1-B. The Board of Governors recommended that the members whose names appear on the list attached to the recommendation be suspended from membership in the Association and from the practice of law in the State of Oklahoma as provided by Rule 6 of the MCLE Rules. 
The Court finds that, on March 30, 2012, the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association mailed, by certified mail, an Order to Show Cause within sixty days why the member's license to practice law in the State of Oklahoma should not be suspended to all Oklahoma Bar Association members not in compliance with Rules 3 and 5 of the MCLE Rules. The Board of Governors has found that the Oklahoma Bar Association members named on Exhibit A of its recommendation have not shown good cause why the member's license to practice law in the State of Oklahoma and Oklahoma Bar Association membership should not be suspended.
This Court, having considered the Board of Governors' recommendation and motion, finds that each of the Oklahoma Bar Association's members named on Exhibit A, attached hereto, should be suspended. It is therefore ordered that the attorneys named on Exhibit A, attached hereto are hereby suspended from membership in the Association and from the practice of law in the State of Oklahoma for failure to comply with the MCLE Rules for the year 2011.
DONE BY THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE ON THIS 25th DAY OF JUNE 2012. 
/S/CHIEF JUSTICE
CONCUR: TAYLOR, C.J.; COLBERT, V.C.J.; and KAUGER, WINCHESTER, EDMONDSON, REIF, COMBS, and GURICH, JJ.
NOT PARTICIPATING: WATT, J.

EXHIBIT A
Myra Denise Bell, OBA No. 13946
P.O. Box 381837
Duncanville, TX 75138-1837
Edward Jefferies Clarke, OBA No. 18675
511 Couch Dr., Ste. 300
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-2250
Christopher M. Cooley, OBA No. 22400
7776 W. Rogers Blvd.
Skiatook, OK 74070
William R. Devilliers, OBA No. 2326
1900 N. Macarthur, Ste. 114
Oklahoma City, OK 73127
Thomas Horace Gudgel III, OBA No. 13913
2925 East 74th Street
Tulsa, OK 74136
James David Harris, OBA No. 12114
5350 S. Western, Suite 312
Oklahoma City, OK 73109
Laurie Lynn Hastings, OBA No. 17293
1634 South Denver Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74119
William Thomas Herrscher, OBA No. 16943
Ste. 102-504
5100 Eldorado Parkway
McKinney, TX 75070
James R. Johnson, OBA No. 4701
1747 S. Carson Ave.
Tulsa, OK 74119
Anthony B. McKesson, OBA No. 12776
349 W. 280 N.
Providence, UT 84332-9753
Amy Lynn McTeer, OBA No. 17969
6702 Trenton Rd.
Nichols Hills, OK 73116
Margaret Katherine Myers, OBA No. 16524
532 N.W. 40th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
James E. Potts Jr., OBA No. 18809
P.O. Box 13006
Arlington, TX 76094-0006
Darin Scott Rohrer, OBA No. 17495
7600 S.W. Robinhood Ct.
Topeka, KS 66614
Michelle Renee Rowe, OBA No. 20106
2100 South Avery
Midwest City, OK 73130
Audra Ilene Moore Rytter, OBA No. 22004
2113 Del Simmons Dr.
Edmond, OK 73003
Joseph Michael Sherrod, OBA No. 11992
904 N. Peters Ave.
Norman, OK 73069
Thomas Carter Steph, OBA No. 18846
10486 W. Waterloo Rd.
Edmond, OK 73025