Dodd v. BD. OF COM'RS OF ALA. STATE BAR

Four charges were filed against James H. Dodd for solicitation in violation of Disciplinary Rule 2-103 (A)(1), Code of Professional Responsibility. Two of these charges were subsequently nol prossed. The Board of Bar Commissioners found Dodd not guilty on one of the remaining charges and guilty on the other charge. He was suspended from the practice of law for two years. He appealed.

This proceeding before the Board of Bar Commissioners occurred prior to the effective date of the new Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement, published in Alabama Reporter, 353-355 So.2d XXXVII (1977-78). The Board of…