In Re Reinstatement of Law License of Lee

The petitioner, R. Wayne Lee, was denied reinstatement to practice law by the Arkansas State Board of Law Examiners (Board) on December 3, 1990. On appeal, Lee claims that the Board’s findings of fact and conclusions of law were clearly erroneous and that he should be reinstated to practice law. We disagree and affirm the Board’s decision.

Lee received a license to practice law in 1978. Between 1984 and 1985, Lee participated with then city attorney R. Jack Magruder III in a scheme to defraud the City of Little Rock (City) by submitting, on at least five occasions, false billing statements for…