State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Townsend

T 1 Originally, the Bar Association filed a complaint against the respondent under Rules 6, 6.24, 1 and 10, 2 Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings, 5 0.S.2011, Ch. 1, App. 1-A, charging the respondent with ten counts of professional misconduct. Although the parties agreed to the entrance of an order of interim suspension, Townsend did not admit the truth of the misconduct allegations. 3

{2 The hearing before the trial panel proceeded as a Rule 6 matter, any allegations of incapacity being dismissed. 4 During the hearing process, Townsend admitted: missing court dates resulting in rulings…