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

The Court on the Judiciary removed respondent from his judicial office as district judge of the fifteenth judicial district disqualifying him from holding any judicial office in the State of Oklahoma. 1 Subsequently the Oklahoma Bar Association commenced this disciplinary proceeding charging four counts of violation of disciplinary rule 1 — 102(A)(5) 5 O.S.1971 Ch. 1, App. 3, “A lawyer shall not engage in conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice.”

After hearing, the trial authority found violations existed in three of the four counts. It concluded respondent did: (1) cause…