Disciplinary Notices, 0518 ALBJ, 79 The Alabama Lawyer 202 (2018)
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▲ Notice
▲ Reinstatement
▲ Surrender of License
▲ Disbarments
▲ Suspensions
▲ Public Reprimands
Notice
• Sonya Alexandrial Ogletree-Bailey, who practiced law in Mobile and whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer the Alabama state bar’s formal disciplinary charges within 28 days of May 31, 2018 or, thereafter, the charges contained therein shall be deemed admitted and appropriate discipline shall be imposed against her in ASB No. 2017-81, before the disciplinary board of the Alabama state bar. [ASB No. 2017-81] reinstatement
• Anniston attorney Richard Joel Laird, Jr. was reinstated to the active practice of law in Alabama on January 22, 2018, per the supreme court of Alabama. laird petitioned to be to be transferred to disability inactive status and the petition was granted, effective October 25, 2016. on November 13, 2017, laird petitioned for reinstatement to the active practice of law in Alabama and was subsequently reinstated by order of the supreme court of Alabama, effective January 22, 2018. [Rule 28, Pet. No. 2017-1311]
Surrender of License
• On November 9, 2017, the supreme court of Alabama adopted the order of the Alabama state bar disciplinary commission, accepting the surrender of license of Birmingham attorney Gary L. Weaver from the practice of law in Alabama, effective October 11, 2017. on October 11, 2017, Weaver submitted his surrender of license to practice law in Alabama. The surrender of license was the result of Weaver’s guilty plea to one count of wire fraud which was entered on May 31, 2017. [ASB No. 2017-658]
Disbarments
• Mobile attorney Sidney Moxey Harrell, Jr. was disbarred from the practice of law in Alabama by order of the supreme court of Alabama, effective February 22, 2018. The supreme court entered its order based on the report and order of the disciplinary board of the Alabama state bar, disbarring Harrell after he was found guilty of violating rules 1.3, 1.4, 1.7(b), 1.15(a), (b), (e) and (f), 4.19(a), and 8.4(a), (c), (d) and (g), Ala. R. Prof. C. Harrell represented a client in criminal proceedings. Harrell negotiated and reached a p lea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s office, wherein the client agreed to transfer $20,000 in cash to Harrell, which was to be maintained by Harrell until it was surrendered to the government as part of a forfeiture agreement upon which the plea agreement was conditioned. Harrell did not deposit the cash into his trust account, but rather put the cash in a gun safe in his law office, where the cash went missing. Harrell never informed his client, failed to report the money as missing and lied to the U.S. Assistant Attorney handling the client’s prosecution regarding the matter. Harrell also failed to properly maintain his IOLTA trust account, as required by rule 1.15, Ala. R. Prof...
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