Section 11.3 - Hearing Before Professional Responsibility TribunalThe application for reinstatement shall be referred to the Professional Responsibility Tribunal, which shall designate a three-member Trial Panel composed of two lawyers and one non-lawyer to bold a hearing on said application. One of the lawyer-members shall be designated as Presiding Master.
(a) The hearing shall be held not less than sixty (60) days nor more than ninety (90) days after the petition has been filed.(b) The Trial Panel shall cause notice of the hearing to be given to the applicant, the Professional Responsibility Commission and the General Counsel and to be published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal and in a newspaper of general circulation in the county of the residence of the applicant and, if it be different, also in the county of the applicant's residence at the time of the applicant's suspension, disbarment or resignation. The notice shall advise interested persons when and where the hearing will be conducted.(c) At least ten (10) days before the hearing, the Applicant shall furnish to the General Counsel the names and addresses of all witnesses who will be called to testify before the Trial Panel as to his good moral character. Affidavits will not be considered.(d) Discovery may be had, and the procedure, authority and powers of the Trial Panel shall be the same as those provided in Rule 6.(e) The hearing shall be conducted as an adversary proceeding and the General Counsel shall be responsible for cross-examination of the applicant's witnesses and presenting, where deemed advisable, testimony of witnesses in opposition to the applicant's reinstatement..Okla. Stat. tit. 5A , app 1-A § 11.3
Adopted by order of February 23, 1981, eff. 7/1/1981.