SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No. D-14-415
STARK LIGON, AS EXECUTIVE Opinion Delivered JULY 31, 2014
DIRECTOR OF THE SUPREME
COURT COMMITTEE ON MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT SPECIAL JUDGE
PETITIONER
V.
KENNETH ALAN HARPER, SPECIAL JUDGE APPOINTED.
ARKANSAS BAR NO. 89022
RESPONDENT
PER CURIAM
Stark Ligon, Executive Director of the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on
Professional Conduct, has filed a complaint for disbarment against the respondent, Kenneth
Alan Harper.
Pursuant to section 13(A) of the Procedures of the Arkansas Supreme Court
Regulating Professional Conduct of Attorneys at Law, a special judge shall be appointed to
preside over the disbarment proceedings in the case herein. After hearing all evidence relevant
to the alleged misconduct, the judge shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law and
recommend an appropriate sanction, and shall file them, along with a transcript and the record
of the proceedings, with the clerk of the supreme court.
We hereby appoint the Honorable John Cole as a special judge to hear this matter and
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provide the court with findings of fact, conclusions of law, and a recommendation of an
appropriate sanction. Upon receipt of the special judge’s findings, we will render a decision
in this matter.
It is so ordered.
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