SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No. D-16-174
Opinion Delivered April 21, 2016
STARK LIGON, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE SUPREME
COURT COMMITTEE ON
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
SPECIAL JUDGE
PETITIONER
V.
JEFFERY H. KEARNEY
ARKANSAS BAR ID #91249
RESPONDENT SPECIAL JUDGE APPOINTED.
PER CURIAM
Stark Ligon, Executive Director of the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on
Professional Conduct, has filed a complaint for disbarment against the respondent, Jeffery
H. Kearney.
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, conclusions of law,
and recommendations of an appropriate sanction, and shall file them, along with a transcript
and the record of the proceedings, with the clerk of the supreme court.
Cite as
We hereby appoint the Honorable Vicki Cook as special judge to hear this matter
and provide the court with findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations 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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