State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Thomas

HODGES, Chief Justice.

On July 7,1993, the Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA or complainant) filed a two-count complaint alleging the respondent, John Gregory Thomas, had violated rules 1.1, 1.3 and 3.2 of the Rules of Professional Conduct, Okla.Stat. tit. 5, ch. 1, app. 3-A (1991).

The stipulated facts show in January 1986, Robert Shine retained the respondent to represent him in a worker’s compensation matter. The respondent filed the Form 3 in February 1986. The respondent failed to file the Form 9. After another attorney assumed responsibility for the matter, a judge ruled that the claim was…