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

BAR DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING

OPALA, J.

1 In this disciplinary proceeding against a lawyer, the issues to be decided are: (1) Does the record submitted for our examination provide sufficient evidence for a meaningful de novo consideration of the complaint and of its disposition?1 and (2) Is a thirty-day suspension an appropriate disciplinary sanction for respondent's breach of professional ethics? We answer both questions in the affirmative.

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INTRODUCTION TO THE RECORD

T2 The Oklahoma Bar Association [Bar] charged Michael C. Taylor [Taylor or respondent], a licensed lawyer from Tulsa, Oklahoma,…