Title: State ex. rel. Oklahoma Bar Association v. Pate

State: oklahoma

Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court

Document:

State ex. rel. Oklahoma Bar Association v. Pate  State ex. rel. Oklahoma Bar Association v. Pate 1999 OK 42 983 P.2d 1015 70 OBJ 1559 Case Number: SCBD 4441 Decided: 05/11/1999 Supreme Court of Oklahoma STATE OF OKLAHOMA ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Association, Complainant, v. W.E. PAT PATE, II, Respondent. ¶0 ORDER APPROVING RESIGNATION FROM OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION PENDING DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS ¶1 Upon consideration of the complainant's, Oklahoma Bar Association (Bar Association), application for an order approving the resignation of the respondent, W.E. Pat Pate, II (Pate/attorney), pending disciplinary proceedings, the application reveals: ¶2 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the resignation of W.E. Pat Pate, II, pending disciplinary proceedings be approved. ¶3 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED THAT the name of W.E. Pat Pate, II, be stricken from the roll of attorneys. Because resignation pending disciplinary proceedings is tantamount to disbarment, the respondent may not make application for reinstatement prior to the expiration of five (5) years from the date of this order. Pursuant to Rule 9.1, Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings, 5 O.S. 1991, Ch. 1, App. 1-A, the respondent shall notify all of his clients having legal business pending with him within twenty (20) days, by certified mail, of his inability to represent them and of the necessity for [ 983 P.2d 1016 ] promptly retaining new counsel. Repayment to the Client Security Fund for any monies expended because of the malfeasance or nonfeasance of the respondent shall be a condition of the reinstatement. ¶4 DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 10TH DAY OF MAY, 1999. SUMMERS, C.J., HARGRAVE, V.C.J., LAVENDER, SIMMS, OPALA, WILSON, KAUGER, AND WATT, JJ., concur. HODGES, J., not participating.