Garmon v. Alabama State Bar

SHORES, Justice.

The Alabama State Bar filed this petition for a writ of mandamus directing the Honorable Eugene W. Reese, circuit judge of Montgomery County, to vacate his order setting aside the dismissal of case number CV-92-782, which had been dismissed upon motion of the Alabama State Bar Association (the “Bar”). We grant the writ.

The Bar filed formal disciplinary charges against Milford Leon Garmon on September 17, 1991, in eases ASB-90-632 and ASB-90-775. In response to these disciplinary charges, Garmon petitioned the Montgomery Circuit Court on April 8, 1992, to issue a preliminary…