Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

999 N.E.2d 415

In re Harper

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 19, 2013

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 2013-12-19

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently July 2018

3 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 2013-12-19

View the full empirical analysis of this case →

¶1PUBLISHED ORDER SUSPENDING RESPONDENT FROM THE PRACTICE OF LAW DUE TO DISABILITY

BRENT E. DICKSON, Chief Justice.

¶2Pursuant to Indiana Admission and Discipline Rule 23, Section 25, on October 24, 2013, the Disciplinary Commission filed a "Verified Petition to Determine Disability," requesting this Court to suspend Respondent from the practice of law in this state due to disability. Respondent filed an "Affidavit of Consent to Disability Suspension" on November 6, 2013. On November 14, 2013, the Commission filed an "Unopposed Motion to Vacate Appoint ment of the Hearing Officer, and Motion to Suspend Gordon Lee Harper's License to Practice Law."

¶3Being duly advised, the Court GRANTS the Commission's petition and motion and ORDERS that Respondent be hereby suspended from the practice of law in this state, effective immediately, due to disability, pursuant to Admission and Discipline Rule 28(25). Respondent shall fulfill all the duties of a suspended attorney under Admission and Discipline Rule 23(26). Respondent may petition for reinstatement upon termination of the disability pursuant to Admission and Discipline Rule 23(4) and (18). The hearing officer appointment in this case is hereby vacated.

¶4The Clerk is directed to forward a copy of this Order to the hearing officer, to the parties or their respective attorneys, and to all other entities entitled to notice under Admission and Discipline Rule 28(8)(d). The Clerk is further directed to post this order to the Court's website, and Thomson Reuters is directed to publish a copy of this order in the bound volumes of this Court's decisions.

All Justices concur.
/999/ne2d/415 · .json · Public domain