STATE EX REL. OKLAHOMA BAR ASS'N v. Latimer

WATT, J.;

T1 In its second amended petition in this Rule 6 proceeding, 1 the complainant, Oklahoma Bar Association, charged the respondent, Caesar Cooleridge Latimer (Latimer/attorney), with five counts of professional misconduct. Charges involved: incompetent representation of multiple clients; failure to communicate with those clients; misrepresentations to clients, district court personnel, and to this tribunal; and failure to respond to grievance/disciplinary inquiries. 2

12 The grievance system exists to protect the public. It is this Court's responsibility to see that it is upheld…