Cases

James L. Butler, Jr., appeals from lawyer disciplinary proceedings, contending that an order of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar ("Board"), which states that he pleaded guilty to all charges, does not accurately reflect the terms of the settlement agreement upon which the Board's order was based. Disciplinary charges were filed against Butler for his having allegedly violated the Rules of Professional Responsibility, which governed his conduct as an attorney. The

The Office of General Counsel of the Alabama State Bar (the "OGC") appeals from a summary judgment entered by the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar (the "Board") in favor of Walter B. Chandler III in a disciplinary proceeding initiated against him by the OGC. We affirm. On January 17, 1985, Walter Chandler, pursuant to an agreement to represent James Stephens, received from Stephens a $12,500 retainer. On February 27, 1985, Stephens notified Chandler that his services

The Alabama State Bar filed this petition for a writ of mandamus directing the Honorable Eugene W. Reese, circuit judge of Montgomery County, to vacate his order setting aside the dismissal of case number CV-92-782, which had been dismissed upon motion of the Alabama State Bar Association (the "Bar"). We grant the writ. The Bar filed formal disciplinary charges against Milford Leon Garmon on September 17, 1991, in cases ASB-90-632 and ASB-90-775. In response to these disciplina

Carroll White Puckett has taken and failed the Alabama Bar examination five times. He files this petition for a writ of mandamus ordering the Alabama State Bar to provide a hearing for review of his bar examination scores. Puckett argues that such a review is required to protect his right not to be deprived of property without due process of law, U.S. Const. amend. XIV. This exact argument has been rejected by the United States Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and for the fo

H. Neil Taylor, Jr., appeals from the order of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar suspending him from the practice of law for 91 days for violating Disciplinary Rules 1-102(A)(4) and (A)(6) and 2-111(A)(3) and (B)(2) of the Code of Professional Responsibility of the Alabama State Bar.1 On April 27, 1989, Taylor was appointed by the Juvenile Court of Franklin County to represent Linda Roche as an indigent in proceed

PER CURIAM. On April 23,1987, the Alabama State Bar (“the Bar”), pursuant to Rule 3(c), Ala.R. Disc.Enf., temporarily suspended the petitioner, S. Robert Brooks, III from the practice of law for the alleged conversion of his clients’ money. Brooks was convicted of theft, in the Mobile Circuit Court; on appeal the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed, but on certiorari review this Court reversed the conviction and remanded the

David Eugene Worley appeals from a decision of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar ("the Board") denying him reinstatement to the practice of law. We affirm. In January 1981, the Board found Worley guilty of disciplinary charges brought against him and entered an order disbarring Worley from the practice of law in the State of Alabama for an indefinite period. Worley appealed and this Court affirmed. See, Worley v. Disciplinary Board of theAlabama State

Virgil M. Smith was charged by the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar with violating Disciplinary Rules 2-105(A) and 5-104(A) of the Code of Professional Responsibility of the Alabama State Bar. The Disciplinary Board found him guilty of both charges and suspended him from practicing law for 30 days, but provided for automatic reinstatement. After reviewing the entire record, this Court is of the opinion that the order of the Disciplinary Board is due to be affirmed on

1 The appellant in this case is not to be confused with attorney John P. Courtney III, also of Mobile. John A. Courtney, a Mobile lawyer, appeals from an order of the Disciplinary Board of the State Bar publicly censuring him for willfully neglecting a legal matter entrusted to him. Courtney was retained by the family of Jeffrey Lynn Pugh to represent Jeffrey in a trial for robbery. Jeffrey was convic

ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING HOUSTON, Justice. Norman Jackson Grubbs filed a petition for a writ of mandamus to the Alabama State Bar Association (“State Bar”) requiring the State Bar to show cause why it should not certify Grubbs as a member of the State Bar. The petition was denied by this Court without opinion, 542 So.2d 346, on November 14,1988, and Grubbs filed this application for rehearing

The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the Court of Criminal Appeals *1797of Alabama for further consideration in light of Montgomery v. Louisiana, 577 U.S. ----,

Thomas E. Baddley, Jr., appeals the order of the Disciplinary Commission of the Alabama State Bar (hereinafter "Disciplinary Commission") suspending him from the practice of law for six months. We affirm. On January 8, 1986, the General Counsel of the Alabama State Bar, on behalf of the Grievance Committee of the Birmingham Bar Association, filed a petition with the Disciplinary Commission, asking the Disciplinary Commission to disbar or suspend Baddley from the practice of law

PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, PETITION TO DECLARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL DISCIPLINARY RULES 2-102(A)(7) * AND 2-106(a)(l) * OF THE ALABAMA CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, PETITION FOR THE COURT TO AMEND DISCIPLINARY RULES 2-102(A)(7) AND 2-106(A)(1) OF THE ALABAMA CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FAULKNER, Justice. Allen Howell,

Ronald Edward Jackson appeals from the judgment of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar finding him guilty of fourteen charges of disciplinary rule violations and suspending him from the practice of law for three years. On March 30, 1983, the Grievance Committee of the Birmingham Bar Association filed two complaints with the Alabama State Bar. The first complaint recited four charges arising out of Jackson's representation of Carl E. Smith in the matter of Smith's al

Richard H. Ramsey III appeals from a 45-day suspension from the practice of law imposed by the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar. We affirm. Mr. Ramsey was charged with violating DR 1-102(A)(4), (5), and (6), and he was found guilty on all three counts. After carefully considering the arguments of both parties and thoroughly examining the record on appeal, we conclude that the order of the Disciplinary Board is due to be affirmed on the authority of Noojin v. Alab

The State of Alabama appeals the trial court's order declaring unconstitutional that portion of former § 15-20-22(a)(1), Ala. Code 1975 — a part of the Community Notification Act ("CNA"), § 15-20-20 et seq., Ala. Code 1975 *Page 2 — requiring an adult criminal sex offender to provide the Alabama Department of Corrections ("DOC"), at least 45 days prior to the offender's release

Hugh V. Smith, Jr., appeals from an order of suspension rendered by Panel II of *Page 744 the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar suspending him from the practice of law for three months. The Board found Smith in violation of Disciplinary Rule 1-102 (A)(4) on four charges. That rule proscribes a lawyer from engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, or being guilty of willful misconduct.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS No. 120,475 STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. BOE WAYNE ADAMS, Appellant. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT 1. Postsentence, a plea of guilty or no contest may be set aside only upon a

The Committee on Character and Fitness of the Alabama State Bar declined to approve the application of Kathleen Brooks Morris to take the Alabama State Bar Examination. Morris appealed that ruling to the Character and Fitness Appeal Board of the Alabama State Bar, as provided by Rule V, Rules Governing Admission to the Alabama State Bar. Morris appeals to this Court from the adverse ruling of the Character and Fitness Appeal Board. We affirm. Morris entered Jones Law Institute

Alfred W. Goldthwaite, a Montgomery attorney, appealed from an adverse decision of Panel II of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar, in which he was found guilty on two counts of an eleven-count complaint alleging various violations of the Alabama Code of Professional Responsibility. He was suspended from practicing law for ninety days by the Disciplinary Board. The first count on which Goldthwaite was found guilty alleged that he solicited employment in contravention of DR