JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE AND DISABILITY v. SIMES

No. 09-443.

354 S.W.3d 72 (2009)

2009 Ark. 543

JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE AND DISABILITY COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. L.T. SIMES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Stewart , Executive Director, and David J. Sachar , Deputy Executive Director, Ark. Judicial Discipline & Disability Comm'n, Little Rock, for appellant.

George E. Hairston , New York, NY, Terrence Cain , Little Rock, for appellee.


ROBERT L. BROWN, Justice.

The Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission ("the Commission") recommends that this court permanently remove Judge L.T. Simes from the bench without the possibility of returning to that position by election or appointment. The Commission bases this recommendation on its findings that Judge Simes violated (1) Canon 4(G) of the Code of Judicial Conduct by engaging in the practice of law while he was a circuit judge; (2) Canon 4(E) by...

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