State Bar Commission ex rel. Bridges v. Sitton

Citations

• 72 Okla. 13
• 177 P. 555

Syllabus

<p>(Syllabus.)</p> <p>1. Attorney and Client — Criminal Law1 — Supreme Court — Nature of Disbarment Proceedings.</p> <p>The Supreme Court is not a criminal tribunal, and disbarment is not a criminal, or punitive proceeding; but the direct question in such proceeding is whether or not the character and conduct of the respondent is such that this court should protect the public and courts of justice against him.</p> <p>2. Attorney and Client — Duty and Fidelity of Attorney — Disbarment.</p> <p>The 1 lawyer’s life must be one of fidelity and stern integrity. There is no place ot the bar for the unscrupulous, and the cheeks of the .lawyer, who besmirches his profession, should be made to burn witb shame: but disbarment means professional excommunication and death, and should be resorted to only when it is apparent that the interest of' the community, the integrity of the courts,- or the honor of the profession, imperatively demands it.</p>