State Ex Rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Simmons

On June 8, 1999, Kathryn A. Olson, vice chair and chair pro tern of the Committee on Inquiry of the First Disciplinary District of the Nebraska State Bar Association, filed formal charges against respondent, Baiba D. Simmons, for violating her oath of office as an attorney, see Neb. Rev. Stat. § 7-104 (Reissue 1997), and violating the following provisions of the Code of Professional Responsibility: count I, Canon 1, DR 1-102(A)(1) and (5) (misconduct); Canon 6, DR 6-101(A)(3) (failing to act competently); and Canon 7, DR 7401(A)(2) (failing to represent a client zealously); and count II,…