Opinion ID: 2371096
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Heading: COUNT IThe Wilson Complaint

Text: ¶ 3 The OBA alleges the following facts in Count I of the complaint. Travis Wilson employed the respondent in April, 2007, to pursue a workers' compensation claim. Respondent filed the case in workers' compensation court on August 9, 2007, styled Travis Wilson v. Martin Service, Inc., XXXX-XXXXR. The respondent settled Wilson's claim for a lump sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00). The respondent was responsible for paying the medical expenses out of the settlement funds held in his client trust account. ¶ 4 Wesport Insurance Company issued a check on October 21, 2008 in the amount of $20,000.00 payable to both Wilson and the respondent. Eight days later, the respondent endorsed the check and deposited the funds into his trust account. On November 5, 2008, the respondent issued two checks: one to Associated Anesthesiologists in the amount of $607.50 and one to St. John Sapulpa in the amount of $1,343.50. The memo lines for the checks state that they were payment for Wilson's account. The next day, the respondent issued a check to Wilson in the amount of $2,049.00 for his share of the settlement proceeds. ¶ 5 The respondent issued a check to Oklahoma Surgery, Inc. on November 7, 2008, in the amount of $1,200.00, with the notation that it was payment for Travis Wilson's account. The respondent failed to pay any other medical expenses for Wilson for more than five months, until he issued a check on April 30, 2009, in the amount of $6,400.00 to St. Francis for payment of Wilson's account. ¶ 6 During this time period, the respondent failed to communicate with Wilson despite telephonic, electronic and written forms of communication attempted by his client.