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

OP ALA, Justice.

In this disciplinary proceeding against a lawyer, the issues to be decided are: (1) Is the record 1 sufficient for a meaningful de novo consideration of the complaint’s disposition? and (2) Is a two-year-and-a-day suspension with imposition of costs an appropriate disciplinary sanction to be imposed for Respondent’s breach of professional discipline? We answer both questions in the affirmative.

The Oklahoma Bar Association [Bar] charged Josh J. Evans [Evans or respondent], a licensed lawyer, seventy-seven (77) years of age, with three counts of professional misconduct. After a…