State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Bar Association v. Giger

OPALA, V.C.J.

{1 In these disciplinary proceedings against a lawyer, the issues to be decided are: (1) Does the record submitted for our examination provide sufficient evidence for a meaningful de novo consideration of the merits and disposition of both the motion for additional discipline and of the complaint? 1 and (2) Is a suspension from the practice of law for two years and one day an appropriate disciplinary sanction for respondent's breach of professional ethics? We answer both questions in the affirmative.

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INTRODUCTION TO THE RECORD

2 On 13 November 2001 the court held in State ex rel.…