Opinion ID: 2633063
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: PRT Report

Text: ¶ 5 Following a hearing the PRT panel issued its report on 13 August 2007. Through the Office of General Counsel, the OBA made no recommendation to the panel concerning Hird's reinstatement. The PRT recommends that petitioner's reinstatement be denied. Petitioner and the OBA's General Counsel's Office have since filed separate briefs in this court. [12] ¶ 6 The trial panel reported that (1) a significant amount of time has elapsed since petitioner's conviction (2) witnesses on Hird's behalf gave compelling testimony concerning his present good character and ethics [13] and (3) petitioner has not engaged in the unauthorized practice of law. In support of its recommendation that Hird's petition for reinstatement be denied, the PRT panel identified the following factors: (1) the seriousness of the Hird's offense (2) petitioner demonstrated consciousness of the wrongful conduct in which he engaged but did not offer any direct evidence to show his realization of the disrepute which his criminal conduct followed by conviction has brought upon the legal profession (3) Hird has made no attempt or even gesture at restitution (noting no restitution was ordered as part of his sentence) and (4) the evidence presented was insufficient to show petitioner possesses the competency and learning in the law required for admission to practice.