In re Cooksey

This matter is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the Special Master, Charles C. Clay, recommending that Sarah Spence Cooksey (State Bar No. 388668) be disbarred for her abandonment of a client in civil litigation in superior court and misrepresentations to the trial court. The State Bar filed a formal complaint and attempted to serve it on Cooksey, but the sheriff filed a return of service non est inventus. The State Bar then served Cooksey by publication, but Cooksey failed to respond.

The special master found Cooksey in default and found the following facts admitted by…