Legal Opinion
In Re the Reinstatement of Pierce
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided May 21, 1996No. SCBD 4071PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMMS, Justice:
David N. Pierce, Petitioner, submitted his resignation from the Oklahoma Bar Association on April 24,1989, while four complaints of professional misconduct were pending against him. This Court approved his resignation on May 29, 1989. He now seeks reinstatement to the Oklahoma Bar Association and readmission to the Roll of Attorneys. The Oklahoma Bar Association (Respondent) objects to Pierce’s quest for readmission.
Pierce’s resignation was prompted by his arrest and being charged with thirteen drug-related counts. In August, 1989, he pled guilty to eleven of the counts. Pierce…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Matter of Reinstatement of KaminsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1988
- Matter of Reinstatement of CantrellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
- State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. SamaraSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1984
- Matter of Reinstatement of SmithSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
- Matter of Reinstatement of HanlonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1993
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. RogersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2006
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- In Re the Reinstatement of HirdSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2001
- In Re the Reinstatement of MunsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2010
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