STATE OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. WILLIS (2009)

¶ 7 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the OBA's application is approved and the respondent's resignation is accepted and effective upon the filing of this order in the Office of the Clerk of the Appellate Courts.

¶ 8 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the respondent's name be stricken from the Roll of Attorneys and that he make no application for reinstatement to membership in the Oklahoma Bar Association prior to the expiration of five years from the effective date of this order. See RGDP, Rules 8.2 and 11.1.

¶ 9 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the respondent shall notify all of his clients having legal business pending with him of his inability to represent them and of the necessity for promptly retaining new counsel by certified mail within twenty days pursuant to Rule 9.1 of the RGDP. The respondent is also ordered to return all client files and refund unearned fees. As a condition of reinstatement, the respondent shall reimburse the Client Security Fund for any monies expended because of his malfeasance or nonfeasance. See RGDP, Rule 11.1(b).

¶ 10 DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE this 14th day of DECEMBER, 2009.

ALL JUSTICES CONCUR.