In Re Sturkey

In this attorney disciplinary matter, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) filed formal charges against respondent, O. Lee Sturkey, alleging misconduct in eight different criminal matters. Sturkey failed to answer, and he was found to be in default. After a hearing, both the sub-panel and the full panel of the Commission on Lawyer Conduct recommended that respondent be sanctioned with: a nine-month definite suspen sion; mandatory compliance with a law office management assistance program as a condition of reinstatement; and payment of costs of the proceedings. We impose the recommended…