Court Opinion

ID: 9408972
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-07-14 15:04:10.673462+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:20:48.196300
License: Public Domain

Cite as 2023 Ark. 118
                     SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS

 IN THE MATTER OF THE OFFICE OF                     Opinion Delivered:   July 14, 2023
 ETHICS COUNSEL

                                           PER CURIAM

        The Arkansas Supreme Court’s separate Bar of Arkansas financial account is funded solely

by annual law license fees paid by Arkansas attorneys. These funds are used solely to support various

court programs, including the Office of Ethics Counsel (OEC).

        Budgetary constraints within the Bar of Arkansas account have necessitated decisions

regarding court programs. Consequently, effective August 1, 2023, the OEC will no longer be

funded. The office will be closed on that date, and the court will no longer employ an Ethics

Counsel.

        The archived files of the OEC will be maintained by the clerk of this court as confidential

under OEC Rule 11.B, and the files will be destroyed as provided therein or under other orders that

may be issued by the court. The OEC website on the Arkansas Judiciary website will be deactivated

at the time the office is closed.

        The court expresses its appreciation to Ethics Counsel Stark Ligon.