Disciplinary Notices, 0513 ALBJ, 74 The Alabama Lawyer 194 (2013)
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\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Lisa Elms Boone, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer the Alabama State Bar’s formal disciplinary charges within 28 days of May 15, 2013 or, thereafter, the allegations contained therein shall be deemed admitted and appropriate discipline shall be imposed against her in ASB No. 2011-643 by the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar.
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Sherryl Snodgrass Caffey, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer the Alabama State Bar’s formal disciplinary charges within 28 days of May 30, 2013 or, thereafter, the charges contained therein shall be deemed admitted and appropriate discipline shall be imposed against her in ASB No. 09-2664(A) before the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar.
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Mary Isabelle Eaton, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer the Alabama State Bar’s formal disciplinary charges within 28 days of May 15, 2013 or, thereafter, the allegations contained therein shall be deemed admitted and appropriate discipline shall be imposed against her in ASB nos. 2010-1111 and 2011-1392 by the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar.
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0William Ronald Waldrop, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer the Alabama State Bar’s formal disciplinary charges within 28 days of May 15, 2013 or, thereafter, the allegations contained therein shall be deemed admitted and appropriate discipline shall be imposed against him in ASB nos. 2008-1050(A) and 2008-1117(A) by the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar.
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Gary Thomas Ward, Jr., whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer the Alabama State Bar’s formal disciplinary charges within 28 days of May 31, 2013 or, thereafter, the charges contained therein shall be deemed admitted and appropriate discipline shall be imposed against him in ASB nos. 09-1542(A) et al. before the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar.
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\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0 On January 8, 2013, the Supreme Court of Alabama entered an order reinstating Dothan attorney William Terry Bullard, Sr. to the practice of law in Alabama based upon the decision of Panel II of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar. Bullard had been suspended for 91 days, effective June 1, 2012. [Rule 28, Pet. No. 2012-1648]
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Bessemer attorney Eric James Copeland was reinstated to the practice of law in Alabama, with conditions, effective November 16, 2012, by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The supreme court’s order was based upon the decision of Panel III of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar granting the petition for reinstatement filed July 9, 2012 by Copeland. Copeland was transferred to disability inactive status, effective August 8, 2011, by order of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar. [Rule 27(b), Pet. No. 2011-1316]
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Summerdale attorney Laurence Peter Sutley was reinstated to the practice of law in Alabama, effective December 26, 2012, by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The supreme court’s order was based upon the decision of Panel II of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar granting the petition for reinstatement filed June 5, 2012 by Sutley Sutley was suspended from the practice of law in Alabama, effective February 9, 2009, by order of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar. [Rule 28, Pet. No. 2012-1149]
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\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Birmingham attorney Robyn Bufford Bennitt was transferred to disability inactive status pursuant to Rule 27(c), Alabama Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, effective December 5, 2012, by order of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar. [Rule 27(c), Pet. No. 2012-2143]
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0William Jackson Freeman, formerly of Birmingham, was transferred to disability inactive status pursuant to Rule 27(b), Ala. R. Disc. P., effective December 11, 2012, by order of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar. [Rule 27(b), Pet. No. 2012-2231]
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Dothan attorney Deborah Smith Seagle was transferred to disability inactive status, effective December 6, 2012, by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The supreme court entered its order based upon the December 6, 2012 order of Panel I of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar in response to a petition to transfer to disability inactive status filed by Seagle. [Rule 27(c), Pet. No. 2012-2210]
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Decatur attorney Robert Foster Tweedy was transferred to disability inactive status pursuant to Rule 27, Alabama Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, effective January 14, 2013. [Rule 27, Pet. No. 12-2233]
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Huntsville attorney Wallace Wayne Watkins was transferred to disability inactive status, effective December 12, 2012, by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The supreme court entered its order based upon the December 12, 2012 order of Panel I of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar in response to a petition for immediate and summary transfer to disability inactive status filed by the Office of General Counsel pursuant to Watkins’s request. [Rule 27(b), Pet. No. 2012-2232]
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