Opinion ID: 1634245
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: statement of the proceedings

Text: ¶ 1. Attorney Kerry L. Prisock was suspended from the practice of law by a complaint tribunal for three consecutive, eighteen-month periods for separate violations. Pursuant to Mississippi Rule of Discipline 12, Prisock is before this Court seeking reinstatement to the practice of law. Under Mississippi Rule of Discipline 12.8, the Board of Bar Commissioners directed an investigation into Prisock's Petition for Reinstatement. [1] After a preliminary investigation, a hearing was conducted. The Mississippi Bar (the Bar) filed an answer supporting Prisock's reinstatement. ¶ 2. Finding the investigation to be lacking in substantive proof, the parties were ordered to supplement the record within forty-five days. The parties supplemented the record accordingly. ¶ 3. Prisock and the Bar were granted an opportunity to review the supplemental documents, and the Bar was ordered to conduct further investigation. The order stated in pertinent part, Prisock shall have twenty (20) days from the entry of this Order to file an amended petition with attachments or to affirm his previously filed petition and attachments. Upon the filing by Prisock, the Bar shall then have thirty (30) additional days to conduct further review and investigation and file an amended response or to affirm its previously filed response. ¶ 4. The Bar filed a motion for additional time to depose Prisock. This motion was granted, and his deposition was taken telephonically on January 29, 2008. On February 22, 2008, the Bar filed an amended answer recommending the reinstatement of Prisock.