Cushnie v. State Bar of Texas

OPINION

O’CONNOR, Justice.

This Court is asked to determine if the trial court erred in finding Douglas F. Cushnie should be publicly reprimanded for charging excessive fees as an attorney in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, pursuant to SUPREME Court of Texas, State Bar Rules art. X, § 27(C) (Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure) (1988). We find it did not and affirm.

Fact summary

Cushnie, an attorney who is licensed in the Commonwealth Trial Court of the Northern Mariana Islands 1 and in Texas, agreed to a public reprimand and a $5,000 fine by the Disciplinary Tribunal in the…