Ligon v. Bloodman

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SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS
No. D-16-301
STARK LIGON, AS EXECUTIVE Opinion Delivered April 28, 2016
DIRECTOR OF THE SUPREME
COURT COMMITTEE ON
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
PETITIONER MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
SPECIAL JUDGE
V.
TERESA LYNETTE BLOODMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, ABN 2005055
RESPONDENT SPECIAL JUDGE APPOINTED.
PER CURIAM
Stark Ligon, Executive Director of the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on
Professional Conduct, has filed a petition for disbarment against the respondent, Teresa
Lynette Bloodman.
Pursuant to section 13(A) of the Procedures of the Arkansas Supreme Court
Regulating Professional Conduct of Attorneys at Law, a special judge shall be appointed to
preside over the disbarment proceedings in the instant case. After hearing all the evidence
relevant to the alleged misconduct, the judge shall make findings of fact, conclusions of law,
and recommendations of an appropriate sanction, and shall file them, along with a transcript
and the record of the proceedings, with the clerk of the supreme court.
We hereby appoint the Honorable Kim Smith as a special judge to hear this matter and
to provide the court with findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations of an
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appropriate sanction. Upon receipt of the special judge’s findings, we will render a decision
in this matter.
It is so ordered.
WOOD, J., not participating.
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