In re Petition of Butcher

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

Kurt Butcher was admitted to the Bar of Arkansas in 1974. Ten years later, in August 1985, because of complaints of former clients filed against him with the Committee on Professional Conduct, he asked us to accept the surrender of his license. We accepted the surrender of his license by per curiam order on September 30, 1985. Nine years later, in January 1994, he petitioned the Board of Law Examiners for reinstatement to the Bar. The Board conducted a hearing to determine whether petitioner was “of good moral character and mentally and emotionally stable.” See Rules…