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

ALMA WILSON, Justice:

The Bar Association filed a complaint against the respondent alleging that he had engaged in unprofessional conduct. The respondent and counsel for the Oklahoma Bar Association appeared before a trial panel of the Professional Responsibility Commission and agreed to findings of fact, conclusions of law, and a recommendation for discipline. The trial panel adopted the stipulations and the recommendation for discipline that the respondent be publicly reprimanded.

The parties agreed that the respondent violated the mandatory provisions of Rule 8.4(d) of the Oklahoma Rules of…