STATE EX REL. MISSOURI LAWYERS MEDIA, LLC v. DISP. HEARING PANEL NO. DHP-11-029

No. SC 93279.

396 S.W.3d 931 (2013)

STATE ex rel. MISSOURI LAWYERS MEDIA, LLC, Relator, v. DISCIPLINARY HEARING PANEL NUMBER DHP-11-029, Bennett Keller, In his official capacity as disciplinary hearing officer, Chad Engler, In his official capacity as disciplinary hearing officer, and Frederick Switzer III, In his official capacity as disciplinary hearing officer, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

April 5, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin J. Siders , Benjamin A. Lipman , Lewis, Rice & Fingersh LC, St. Louis, for Missouri Lawyers Media.

Alan D. Pratzel , Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Jefferson City, for disciplinary hearing panel and its hearing officers.

Shevon L. Harris , St. Louis.

Melinda J. Bentley , Legal Ethics Counsel, Alan D. Pratzel , Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Jefferson City, for the chief disciplinary counsel — the informant in the underlying disciplinary case.

Alan S. Mandel , Mandel & Mandel LLP, St. Louis, Michael P. Downey , Armstrong Teasdale LLP, Clayton, for attorney in the underlying disciplinary action.


PER CURIAM.

The Court has reviewed the Petition for Writ, the Relator's suggestions and the Respondents' suggestions. Because Respondents concede the order that Relator challenges is overbroad, the Court finds that the interests of justice are best served by taking the unusual step of issuing a permanent writ without the delay and expense that would accompany the ordinary course of issuing a preliminary writ, requiring Respondents to file an answer, and having the...

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