In re Brumfield
| Docket Number: | 2009-BD-01215-SCT | |
| Supreme Court: | Opinion Link Opinion Date: 11-05-2009 Opinion Author: Chandler, J. Holding: Transferred to disability inactive status; The Petition of the Mississippi Bar to Transfer Attorney Robert W. Brumfield to Disability Inactive Status pursuant to Rule 18 of the Rules of Discipline of the Mississippi State Bar is granted. Brumfield is not permitted to practice law until further order from this Court. The Clerk of the Mississippi Supreme Court shall immediately forward an attested copy of this order to the clerks of the circuit and chancery courts of this state, who shall enter this order upon the minutes of his or her respective court. The Clerk of this Court shall likewise immediately forward an attested copy of this order to the clerks of the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; the clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; and the clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States. |
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| Additional Case Information: |
Topic: Bar discipline - Disability inactive status - Miss.R.Disc. 18 - Miss.R.Disc. 24 - Miss.R.Disc. 25 - Miss.R.Disc. 11 Judge(s) Concurring: Waller, C.J., Carlson and Graves, P.JJ., Dickinson, Randolph, Lamar, Kitchens and Pierce, JJ. Nature of the Case: CIVIL - BAR MATTERS |
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| Party Name: | Attorney Name: | |||
| Appellant: | IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION
OF THE MISSISSIPPI BAR TO
TRANSFER ROBERT W. BRUMFIELD
TO DISABILITY INACTIVE STATUS |
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| Topic: | Bar discipline - Disability inactive status - Miss.R.Disc. 18 - Miss.R.Disc. 24 - Miss.R.Disc. 25 - Miss.R.Disc. 11 |
| Summary of the Facts: | The Mississippi Bar filed a Petition to Transfer attorney Robert Brumfield to Disability Inactive Status pursuant to Rule 18 of the Rules of Discipline of the Mississippi State Bar. Brumfield has answered, and he admits the allegations of the petition, and joins the Mississippi Bar in requesting the relief sought. |
| Summary of Opinion Analysis: | Brumfield is personally incapable of practicing law, and Brumfield is transferred to disability inactive status pursuant to Rule 18. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 24, Brumfield is not permitted to practice law until further order. Should Brumfield ever elect to be reinstated to the practice of law in Mississippi, he is ordered to apply for reinstatement under Rule 25. Pursuant to Rule 11(f), the Court directs the Chancery Court of Pike County to appoint an attorney or attorneys as receivers to inventory Brumfield’s files and to take such actions as seem indicated to protect the interests of Brumfield and his clients, and to generally carry out the functions described in Rule 11(d). |
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