Disciplinary Notices, 0115 ALBJ, 76 The Alabama Lawyer 74 (2015)

DISCIPLINARY NOTICES

Vol. 76 No. 1 Pg. 74

Alabama Bar Lawyer

January 2015

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Reinstatement

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• The supreme court entered an order based upon the decision of Disciplinary Board, Panel III, reinstating Trenton Rogers Garmon to the practice of law in Alabama, effective October 29, 2014. Garmon's reinstatement is probationary for 18 months. Conditions of probation are that: (1) Garmon must submit and have approved by the Office of General Counsel a practice plan that shall include a mentor, (2) Garmon must submit quarterly reports concerning his law practice which must be approved by his mentor and (3) Garmon shall commit no further violations of the Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct [Rule 28, Pet. No. 14-1146]

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Transfer to Disability Inactive Status

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Florence attorney Lance Ryan Thomason was transferred to disability inactive status by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama, effective August 15, 2014. The supreme court entered its order based upon the August 15, 2014 order of Panel I of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar in response to a letter submitted by Thomason to the Office of General Counsel requesting to be transferred to disability inactive status. [Rule 27, Pet. No. 2014-1278]

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Disbarments

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• Daphne attorney John William Parker was disbarred from the practice of law in Alabama, effective January 1, 2013, by order of the Alabama Supreme Court. The supreme court entered its order based upon the decision of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar accepting Parker's consent to disbarment, in which he acknowledged that there were pending investigations into his ethical conduct as a lawyer involving allegations of multiple violations of the Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct which, if proven, would be grounds for disbarment. Parker acknowledged engaging in conduct which violated the Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct. [Rule 23, Pet. No. 14-1231; ASB nos. 12-726, 12-1458, 12-1480 and 12-2052]

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0• On September 18, 2014, Lance William Parr, an Alabama attorney who is also licensed to practice law in Tennessee, received identical and reciprocal discipline in the form of disbarment, pursuant to Rule 25(a), Ala. R. Disc. P. On or about November 14, 2013, the Supreme Court of Tennessee entered an order of enforcement, disbarring Parr from the practice of law in Tennessee for violating Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.15, 3.2, 3.4 and 8.4(a) and (d)...

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