Title: In re Jackson (Per Curiam)

State: arkansas

Issuer: Arkansas Supreme Court

Document:

Cite as 2013 Ark. 5 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. 12-1100 IN RE STEVEN R. JACKSON, ARKANSAS BAR NO. 97142 PETITIONER Opinion Delivered January 10, 2013. PETITION FOR VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF LAW LICENSE GRANTED. PER CURIAM On recommendation of the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, we hereby accept the voluntary surrender, in lieu of probable disbarment proceedings, of the license of Steven R. Jackson of Lowell in Benton County, Arkansas, to practice law in the State of Arkansas. Mr. Jackson pleaded guilty to a felony offense relating to forgery of a court order on November 16, 2012, in Washington County Circuit Court. In his petition to voluntarily surrender his law license, filed with this court on December 20, 2012, Mr. Jackson acknowledged the felony conviction and stated that he wished to avoid the expense, stress, and publicity of disbarment proceedings. The name of Steven R. Jackson shall be removed from the registry of licensed attorneys, and he is barred and enjoined from engaging in the practice of law in the State of Arkansas. It is so ordered.