Ex Parte Brooks

On April 23, 1987, the Alabama State Bar ("the Bar"), pursuant to Rule 3(c), Ala.R.Disc.Enf., temporarily suspended the petitioner, S. Robert Brooks, III from the practice of law for the alleged conversion of his clients' money. Brooks was convicted of theft, in the Mobile Circuit Court; on appeal the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed, but on certiorari review this Court reversed the conviction and remanded the case. Brooks v. State, 562 So.2d 601 (Ala.Crim.App. 1989), rev'd, 562 So.2d 604 (Ala. 1990). As a result, there has not yet been a final disposition of the criminal charges against…