Simpson v. Alabama State Bar

SHORES, Justice *

Appellant, Fred Bryan Simpson, filed a Petition for Writ of Prohibition in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, naming the Alabama State Bar and certain individuals, as officers thereof, as defendants.

The petition alleged that on the 30th day of July, 1971, the Grievance Committee of the Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association had found probable cause for believing that petitioner, Simpson, violated Rules A2. and A36. of the Rules Governing the Conduct of Attorneys in Alabama, which Rules provided:

“ ‘It shall be the duty of all persons heretofore or hereafter admitted to…