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Title 5. Attorneys and the State Bar

Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
  Title 5. Attorneys and the State Bar
    Chapter 1 - Attorneys and Counselors
      Appendix 1-A - Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings
        Article Rule 7. Summary Disciplinary Proceedings Before Supreme Court
        Section Sec 7.7 - Disciplinary Action in Other Jurisdictions, As Basis for Discipline
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Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings.
Chapter 1, App. 1-A
Rule 7. Summary Disciplinary Proceedings Before Supreme Court.
§7.7. Disciplinary Action in Other Jurisdictions, as Basis for Discipline.

(a) It is the duty of a lawyer licensed in Oklahoma to notify the General Counsel whenever discipline for lawyer misconduct has been imposed upon him/her in another jurisdiction, within twenty (20) days of the final order of discipline, and failure to report shall itself be grounds for discipline.

(b) When a lawyer has been adjudged guilty of misconduct in a disciplinary proceeding, except contempt proceedings, by the highest court of another State or by a Federal Court, the General Counsel of the Oklahoma Bar Association may cause to be transmitted to the Chief Justice a certified copy of such adjudication and the Chief Justice shall direct the lawyer to appear before the Supreme Court at a time certain, not less than ten (10) days after mailing of notice, and show cause, if any he/she has, why he/she should not be disciplined. The documents shall constitute the charge and shall be prima facie evidence the lawyer committed the acts therein described. The lawyer may submit a certified copy of transcript of the evidence taken in the trial tribunal of the other jurisdiction to support his/her claim that the finding therein was not supported by the evidence or that it does not furnish sufficient grounds for discipline in Oklahoma. The lawyer may also submit, in the interest of explaining his/her conduct or by way of mitigating the discipline which may be imposed upon him/her, a brief and/or any evidence tending to mitigate the severity of discipline. The General Counsel may respond by submission of a brief and/or any evidence supporting a recommendation of discipline.

Historical Data


Adopted by orders February 23, 1981; eff. July 1, 1981; Amended by order of April 6, 1992.

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Oklahoma Supreme Court Cases
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 2002 OK 81, 60 P.3d 1018, STATE ex. rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASS'N v. HEINENDiscussed at Length
 2003 OK 13, 71 P.3d 1, STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. STEWARTDiscussed at Length
 2003 OK 36, 84 P.3d 708, STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. HEINENCited
 2003 OK 41, 68 P.3d 987, IN THE MATTER OF THE REINSTATEMENT OF HENDERSONCited
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