Cooner v. Alabama State Bar

Because the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure do not provide for supplemental briefing on return to remand, I believe that this Court should accommodate Douglas H. Cooner’s attempt to challenge the merits of this Court’s decision affirming his disbarment on return to third remand.

I. Facts and Procedural History ■

In 2010 the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar (“the Board”) ordered that Cooner be disbarred from the practice of law. On appeal of the disbarment this Court remanded the case three times for the Board to make adequate factual findings and conclusions of law.1 After the…