Title: State ex. rel. Oklahoma Bar Assn. v. Enslinger

State: oklahoma

Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court

Document:

State ex. rel. Oklahoma Bar Assn. v. Enslinger2000 OK 251 P.3d 100171 OBJ 945Case Number: SCBD-4439Decided: 04/04/2000Supreme Court of Oklahoma STATE OF OKLAHOMA ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Association, Complainant, v. EDWARD ENSLINGER, Respondent. ¶0 ORDER APPROVING RESIGNATION FROM OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION PENDING DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS. [1 P.3d 1002] ¶1 Upon consideration of the complainant's, Oklahoma Bar Association (Bar Association), application for an order approving the resignation of the respondent, Edward Enslinger, pending disciplinary proceedings, the application reveals: ¶2 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, that the resignation of Edward Enslinger, pending disciplinary proceedings be approved. ¶3 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the name of Edward Enslinger, 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 [1 P.3d 1003] business pending with him within twenty (20) days, by certified mail, of his inability to represent them and of the necessity for 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 3RD DAY OF APRIL, 2000. ¶5 All Justices concur.