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Law License Suspended in Oklahoma Political Corruption Investigation
The Oklahoma Supreme Court this week suspended the law license of a former state senate leader convicted of accepting bribes to influence legislation. A jury in March, 2012, convicted Tulsa native Michael Steven Morgan on a single count of bribery. The court suspended his law license this week after he was sentenced in U.S. federal Read More»
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Ousted Lawyer Opened Payne Co. Decus Tecum Brawl
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday yanked the law license of a Ponca City attorney convicted on cocaine charges. Along the way, lawyers for former Ponca City attorney Gale Eugene McArthur II brought to Payne County a simmering statewide dispute over how defense attorneys obtain police reports. McArthur’s cocaine case ended up in Payne County Read More»
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Rookie Attorney Suspended for Bribery Scheme
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has suspended for two years and a day an attorney convicted of obstructing a public officer. The attorney, Robert S. Kerr, was accused of offering bribes to a police officer in exchange for him not appearing at a client’s drivers license revocation hearing. The court weighed mitigating circumstances in the case Read More»
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Suspends AWOL Attorney
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has suspended for two years and a day the license of a Tulsa lawyer who, according to a professional tribunal, “basically abandoned all of her pending cases and clients in October 2010.” Attorney Jonna Lynn Reynolds was already under suspension for failure to comply with mandatory continuing legal education requirements in Read More»
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Tulsa, Bixby Attorneys Sanctioned on Ethics Charges
The Oklahoma Supreme Court this week suspended two attorneys for various violations of Oklahoma Bar Association Rules of Professional Conduct. The license of Tulsa attorney N. Franklyn Casey was suspended for two years and a day. With 53 years of practice and no prior ethics complaints to his credit, Bixby attorney Lawrence A. G. Johnson Read More»
