Garmon v. Alabama State Bar

This is an appeal by respondent Leon Garmon, a licensed attorney-at-law, from a finding by the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar ("the Board") that he violated two Disciplinary Rules contained in the Code of Professional Responsibility, and from the Board's order that he be publicly censured. We affirm.

The complainant, Ronald C. Higgins, a domestic referee for the 16th Judicial Circuit (Etowah County) alleged that, while conducting a hearing in a domestic relations case, he was verbally abused by the respondent. Higgins specifically alleged that the respondent referred to one of his…