STATE EX REL. COUNSEL FOR DISCIPLINE OF NEBRASKA SUPREME CRT. v. Smith

775 N.W.2d 192 (2009)

278 Neb. 899

STATE of Nebraska ex rel. COUNSEL FOR DISCIPLINE OF the NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT, relator,

v.

Bryan E. SMITH, Jr., respondent.

No. S-08-1333.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

November 13, 2009.

John W. Steele, Assistant Counsel for Discipline, for relator.

No appearance for respondent.

HEAVICAN, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.

Relator, the Counsel for Discipline, filed formal charges against respondent, Bryan E. Smith, Jr. Smith was admitted to the practice of law in Nebraska on April 23, 2001. After Smith failed to file an answer to…