Discipline For Thefts From Mother

The Oklahoma Supreme Court accepted the resignation of a convicted attorney

The Record submitted by the Oklahoma Bar Association reveals that The District Attorney for Tulsa County charged the respondent with the crime of Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person, a felony. Count 1 alleged that between June 2013, and January 2014, the respondent financially exploited her mother, born April 3, 1938, by writing checks from her mother’s bank accounts and using her mother’s credit cards without permission. An affidavit from a Tulsa Police Department detective alleged that the amount taken by the respondent was $63,985.44. The allegation would constitute violations of Rule 1.3, RGDP, 5 O.S.2011, ch. 1, app. 1-A, Discipline for Acts Contrary to Prescribed Standards of Conduct; and Rules 8.4(b) and 8.4(c) of the Oklahoma Rules of Professional Conduct, 5 O.S.2011 ch. 1, app. 3-A, (Amended by order of the Supreme Court, 2007 OK 22

The respondent acknowledges that she is aware that a Notice of Felony Plea of Guilty and Deferment is currently pending before this Court in State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass’n v. Kathryn Kimberlee Dickson, OBAD 2091, SCBD 6375, and that these proceedings were filed pursuant to Rule 7 of the RGDP. The respondent entered a plea of guilty to the charge on March 14, 2016. On that date, she received a six years and six months deferred sentence, was placed on supervised probation for two years, and ordered to make restitution of $15,700.00. The trial court also ordered her to pay court costs, victim’s compensation assessment, and any applicable fines.

Aa attorney who resigns can seek reinstatement after five years.  (Mike Frisch)