Disciplinary Notices, 0920 ALBJ, Vol. 81 No. 5 Pg. 384 (September, 2020)

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DISCIPLINARY NOTICES

No. Vol. 81 No. 5 Pg. 384

Alabama Bar Lawyer

September, 2020

NOTICE

• Frank Brian Rice, who practiced in Scottsboro and whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer the Alabama State Bar's formal disciplinary charges within 28 days of September 30,2020 or, thereafter, the charges contained therein shall be deemed admitted and appropriate discipline shall be imposed against him in ASB Nos. 2019-1025 and 2019-1444 before the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar. [ASB Nos. 2019-1025 and 2019-1444]

Reinstatements

• Meridian, Mississippi attorney Joseph Anthony Denson, who is also licensed in Alabama, was reinstated to the active practice of law in Alabama by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama, effective June 29,2020. Denson was previously suspended from the active practice of law for failing to comply with the 2018 Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirements of the Alabama State Bar. [Rule 28, Pet. No. 2020-460]

• Dallas, Texas attorney Michael Clark Dodd, who is also licensed in Alabama, was reinstated to the active practice of law Alabama by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama, effective February 20,2020. Dodd was previously suspended from the active practice of law for failing to comply with the 2018 Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirements of the Alabama State Bar. [Rule 28, Pet. No. 2020-160]

• William Henry Robertson, V, formerly of Montgomery, was reinstated to the active practice of law in Alabama by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama, effective May 19,2020. Robertson filed a petition for reinstatement to the active practice of law in Alabama on January 31,2020 and was subsequently reinstated by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama. [Rule 28, Pet. No. 2020-221]

Transfer to Inactive Status

• Butler attorney James David Abston, III was transferred to inactive status, effective March 12,2020, by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama. The Supreme Court of Alabama entered its order based upon the March 11,2020 order of Panel I of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar in response to Abston's petition filed with the Office of General Counsel requesting he be transferred to inactive status. [Rule 27(c), Pet. No. 2020-338]

Disbarments

• Montgomery attorney William Henry Fuller, Jr. was disbarred from the practice of law in Alabama by order of the Supreme Court of Alabama, effective April 1, 2020. The Supreme Court of...