No Lesser Sanction

A lawyer who was disbarred in Colorado last December for dishonest conduct was disbarred as reciprocal discipline by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The lawyer’s plea for lesser discipline in Oklahoma fell on deaf ears:

Rymer appears to advocate that heshould not be disbarred in Oklahoma because of his lack of previousdiscipline in Oklahoma and Colorado, his alleged cooperation in theinvestigation against him, and the alleged unusual circumstancessurrounding the Colorado proceedings. He further appears to advocatethat this Court’s order of discipline should be effective from the timethat he voluntarily suspended himself from the practice of law inColorado. Rymer’s reasons for imposing a discipline less thandisbarment and for making this Court’s order effective retroactivelyare unconvincing.

Rymer’s reasons? Is there a punster on the Oklahoma Supreme Court?  (Mike Frisch)