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

LAVENDER, Justice.

Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against respondent, John Gregory Thomas, by complainant, the Oklahoma Bar Association pursuant to Rule 6 (Formal Proceedings Before Supreme Court and Professional Responsibility Tribunal) of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP), 5 O.S. 1991, Ch. 1, App. 1-A, as amended. In substance respondent was charged with neglecting a client’s workers’ compensation case— said neglect resulting in the running of an applicable time limit barring the compensation matter; misrepresenting the status of the ease to the client over an…