recognizing that an attorney's failure to respond to the ODC constitutes sanctionable misconduct
How later courts described this case
- recognizing that an attorney's failure to respond to the ODC constitutes sanctionable misconduct
- explaining that failure to respond to a disciplinary authority constitutes misconduct
- declaring that failure to respond to disciplinary inquiries is misconduct and grounds for sanction
- A Treacy letter points out that the failure to respond to ODC constitutes sanctionable conduct.
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Harwell, Justice
(dissenting):
I disagree with the majority as to the appropriate sanction to be imposed. Both the Panel and Board recommended that the respondent be publicly reprimanded. I would accept their recommendation and publicly reprimand the respondent.