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989 S.W.2d 922Supreme Court of Arkansas
Opinion delivered May 20, 1999
CONTEMPT — PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT COMMITTEE’S PETITION GRANTED — RESPONDENT ATTORNEY ORDERED TO APPEAR BEFORE SUPREME COURT. — Pursuant to the Professional Conduct Committee’s amended petition, the supreme court ordered respondent attorney to appear before the court to consider the relief requested in the Committee’s petition, including why respondent should not be held in contempt.
Amended Petition of the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct and Its Executive Director for Citation of Timothy D. Williams for Contempt of the Arkansas Supreme Court and For Other Relief; granted.
James A. Neal, Executive Director, Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, by: Lynn Williams.
Per Curiam.
The Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct filed an original action in this court asking that the respondent, Mr. Timothy D. Williams, appear before this court to show cause why he should not be held in contempt for failure to comply with the procedures of this court in the regulation of professional conduct of attorneys at law. Williams’s alleged violations of supreme court procedures have been
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set out in the Committee’s petition and amended petition, which are attached to this order. Those alleged violations include (1) continuing the practice of law during a period of suspension, (2) failing to notify opposing counsel of record that the attorney had been suspended, (3) failing to file a copy of the notice of suspension with the court with pending cases of the suspended attorney, (4) failing to file a list of jurisdictions to which suspended attorney is admitted to practice, and (5) failing to file an affidavit of compliance with section 7 of the procedures for filing an affidavit explaining the attorney’s noncompliance.
[1] Pursuant to the Professional Conduct Committee’s petition, as amended, we order Mr. Williams to appear before this court at 9:00 a.m. on June 24, 1999, to consider the relief requested in the Committee’s petition, including why Mr. Williams should not be held in contempt.Page 542