Matter of Mullins

This disciplinary action comes before us upon the statement of cirenmstances and conditional agreement for discipline tendered by the Respondent, Patti Sue Mullins, and the Disciplinary Commission. The formal charges giving rise to this action emanate from the Respondent's involvement in legal proceedings instituted by the parents of Sue Ann Lawrance, a woman who at that time was in a chronic, persistent vegetative state. Ultimately, that litigation came to this Court. In the Matter of Sue Ann Lawrance (1991), Ind., 579 N.E.2d 32. The Respondent has submitted an affidavit as contemplated by…