In Re the Reinstatement of Clifton

SUMMERS, Justice.

This is an application for reinstatement of an attorney who resigned pending disciplinary action. The Bar Association joins in the attorney’s request that he be reinstated to membership in the Bar. The Professional Responsibility Tribunal recommended that the attorney be reinstated to practice law without taking the Bar examination. 1 We find that the petitioner should be so reinstated.

Stephen Ferrell Clifton was admitted to the Bar in April of 1977. In 1980 he resigned pending a disciplinary proceeding arising out of his use of a client’s funds to pay a gambling debt. More…