Title: STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. KINSEY
Citation: 2008 OK 76
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State: Oklahoma
Issuer: Oklahoma Supreme Court
Date: July 10, 2008

STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. KINSEY Annotate this Case STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. KINSEY 2008 OK 76 Case Number: SCBD-5388 Decided: 07/10/2008 THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA FOR PUBLICATION IN OBJ ONLY. NOT RELEASED FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Association, Complainant, v. Letitia Denice Kinsey, Respondent. ORDER OF IMMEDIATE INTERIM SUSPENSION ¶1 This Court notes Respondent's failure to respond to this Court's show cause order of June 19, 2008, and her continued failure to participate in the Rule 6 bar disciplinary proceeding now pending before this Court. On the Court's own motion, Respondent is hereby suspended from the practice of law effective immediately. This interim suspension shall remain in place pending an opinion from this Court which determines the appropriate final discipline to be imposed. ¶2 Pursuant to Rule 9.1, Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings, Okla. Stat. tit. 5, ch. 1, app. 1-A , Respondent shall notify all her clients having legal business pending with her within twenty days by certified mail, of her inability to represent them and of the need for promptly retaining new counsel. Respondent is further directed to comply with all other requirements of Rule 9.1. DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE this 9th day of July, 2008. /S/CHIEF JUSTICE