State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Donnelly

OPALA, Chief Justice.

In this proceeding against a lawyer for imposition of professional discipline the issues to be decided are: (1) Is the record, consisting of the stipulated facts, sufficient for de novo review? (2) Should a lawyer’s incapacity to practice law be considered in a Rule 6 disciplinary proceeding? and (3) Is public reprimand the appropriate disciplinary sanction to be imposed for respondent’s professional misconduct? We answer all the issues in the affirmative.

Patrick Donnelly [Donnelly or respondent], a licensed lawyer, was charged by the Oklahoma Bar Association [Bar or…