State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Association v. Kessler

LAVENDER, Vice Chief Justice:

This is a disciplinary proceeding under the Rules Creating and Controlling the Oklahoma Bar Association. Rules-Bar Association, 5 O.S.1971, Ch. 1-App. 1, Arts. 9, 10.

An endowment fund of a private college made a loan to three individuals. The loan was placed in default. One of the borrowers was the father of Paul J. Kessler, respondent and a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association. Respondent represented the borrowers in handling this situation.

After demand for payment, made separately on the borrowers and also through respondent, one of the individual borrowers, a…