Atkinson Haskins Nellis Brittingham Gladd & Carwile

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Established in 1961, Atkinson, Haskins, Nellis, Brittingham, Gladd & Carwile, P.C., is committed to excellence and is recognized for its expertise as one of Oklahomas premier litigation firms. The firm concentrates its practice in the areas of insurance and corporate defense litigation, specializing in defense of legal and medical malpractice, insurance bad faith, manufacturers products liability and general civil actions.

¶0 Petitioner, Layton M. Perry, Jr., was disbarred from the practice of law and his name stricken from the roll of attorneys on March 11, 1997. State ex rel. Okla. Bar Ass'n v. Perry , 1997 OK 29 , 936 P.2d 897 . The disbarment was based on petitioner representing adverse interests in the hostile takeover of a business, entering into a business transaction with a client without disclosure, providing a client with financial assistance in connection with litigation, failing to act diligently and competently on his clients' behalf, lying to clients, failing to keep clients reasonably informed, lying to the Oklahoma Bar Association's investigator, and failing to properly respond to the Oklahoma Bar Association's demands concerning grievances. On December 7, 2009, petitioner filed for reinstatement. After a hearing on the petition for reinstatement, the Professional Responsibility Tribunal recommended that petitioner's petition for reinstatement be denied and that he be ordered to pay the costs. The petitioner filed a brief in which he admits that he did not meet his burden of proof for reinstatement.

¶1 Having considered the joint motions of the appellees, Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., Meridian Aggregates Company, Venture Drilling Company, and Buckley Powder Company (collectively, employers), to dismiss the appellant's, Charles Davis's (employee) appeal, along with the employee's response thereto, WE DETERMINE THAT:

¶1 On May 24, 2010, Marylinn M. Gravis, now Haney, filed her petition for reinstatement to membership in the Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA) and to the Roll of Attorneys pursuant to Rule 11.1 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings (RGDP), 5 O.S.2001, ch.1, app.1-A. There is no objection to the petition for reinstatement in the record before us.

¶0 In 1990, the Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner was asked to construe 59 O.S.Supp. 1989, § 1320 (B) of the Oklahoma Statutes. In an informal response, the Commissioner determined that, under section 1320(B), a professional bondsman could act as surety on more than ten bonds a year outside his county of registration by employing a surety bondsman to "write" bonds on behalf of the professional bondsman. The plaintiffs filed a complaint with the Insurance Commissioner challenging this construction of section 1320(B), and the plaintiffs and plaintiff intervenors filed a petition for summary adjudication. Defendant intervenor intervened and argued, along with the Commissioner, for the correctness of the Commissioner's construction of section 1320(B). The administrative law judge agreed with defendant intervenor and the Commissioner. The plaintiff intervenors appealed the administrative law judge's decision to the district court, the Honorable Barbara Swinton, presiding. The district court ruled in favor of the Commissioner and defendant intervenor. Appeal was taken from the district court's judgment, and the appeal was assigned to the Court of Civil Appeals. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the district court's judgment, and the plaintiff intervenors filed a petition for certiorari. This Court granted the petition for certiorari. We find that a professional bondsman cannot circumvent 59 O.S.2001, § 1320 (B), by employing a surety bondsman to execute bonds on the professional bondsman's behalf.

¶0 The claimant, Charles McGuire, seeks review of a three-judge panel's order, which vacated a trial court order awarding him temporary total disability benefits. The panel's order found that the trial court's order was contrary to law and against the clear weight of the evidence. The Court of Civil Appeals vacated the panel's order and remanded for further proceedings.

¶0 Petitioner/Appellant, Ponca Iron & Metal, Inc., seeks review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Court and subsequent sustainment of this order by the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, Division I, awarding Respondent, Jackie Wilkinson, temporary total disability benefits and medical care, and denying Employer's statute-of-limitation defense. We granted Appellant's Petition for Certiorari.

¶0 Attorney seeks reinstatement to the Oklahoma Bar Association following her suspension from the practice of law on September 18, 2000 for nonpayment of dues and noncompliance with Mandatory Continuing Legal Education. At that time, she was not under investigation for any ethical violation and has not otherwise been disciplined or disbarred. Petitioner was admitted to practice in 1995 and practiced law in Oklahoma for ten months before leaving Oklahoma.

¶0 The Oklahoma Bar Association filed a complaint against the respondent alleging violations of rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.15, 1.16, 8.1(b), and 8.4(a), (c), and (d) of the Oklahoma Rules of Professional Conduct, 5 O.S.2001, ch. 1, app. 3-A, and rules 1.3 and 5.2 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings, 5 O.S.2001, ch. 1, app. 1-A. The respondent did not file a response to the complaint. Pursuant to rule 6.4 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings, the Professional Responsibility Tribunal deemed the allegations in the complaint to be admitted by the respondent and recommended that he be suspended from the practice of law for two years and one day and ordered to pay the costs of the proceedings.

¶0 The mother appeals from a post-appeal permanency/review hearing order of the District Court, Woodward County, Rick Bozarth, Judge, that provides: (1) the child is to remain in the care of the foster parent (2) for supervised visitation by the mother with child and (3) a permanency plan of long-term out-of-home placement for the child.