DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS Attorney Disciplinary Actions Final actions from April 10, 2014, through June 30, 2014, by the Committee on Professional Conduct. Summaries prepared by the Office of Professional Conduct (OPC). Full text documents are available on-line either at http:// courts.arkansas.gov and by entering the attorney’s name in the attorney locater feature under the “Directories” link on the home page, or also on the Judiciary home page by checking under “Opinions and Disciplinary Decisions.” [The “Model” Rules of Professional Conduct are for conduct prior to May 1, 2005. The “Arkansas” Rules are in effect from May 1, 2005.] DISBARRED: HEATHER P. HOGROBROOKS, Bar No. 92029, of Memphis, Tennessee, was disbarred by Order of the Arkansas Supreme Court on June 26, 2014. The Arkansas Board of Law Examiners (Board) referred Hogrobrooks
to the Committee on Professional Conduct (Committee). Hogrobrooks filed a Petition for Readmission with the Board in 2003, 2007, and 2008. In 2003, the Board denied her application. She filed a notice of appeal of the Board’s decision, but the appeal was dismissed for her failure to file a brief that complied with the Supreme Court Rules. In 2007, she filed a second petition for readmission which was denied by the Board. In 2008, when Hogrobrooks informed the Board that she wanted to appeal, she was informed she had to pay the costs of completing the record, which she refused to pay. Immediately thereafter, she filed a third petition for readmission in 2008. The Board denied the application and referred the matter to the Committee, with the record of its proceedings. The record showed that Hogrobrooks had applied to take the Tennessee Bar Exam on four occasions. On each occasion Hogrobrooks failed to fully disclose to the Tennessee officials her disciplinary history in Arkansas. In Arkansas she was reprimanded in two separate matters in 1997, both involving appeals; suspended from the practice of
law in 1998 for a period of six months in an appellate matter; reprimanded in 1998; suspended from the practice of law in 2001 for a period of one year in a matter where she failed to conduct discovery and failed to file a timely request for a jury trial; and reprimanded in 2003 for her conduct in an appellate matter. The Committee directed the Office of Professional Conduct (Office) to initiate a disbarment action against Hogrobrooks. The Petition for Disbarment was filed in the Arkansas Supreme Court in June 2012, as Case No. D-12-459. After appointment of Special Judge John Cole, trial was held on August 22, 2013. On November 22, 2013, the Special Judge issued his Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and recommendation of the sanction of disbarment with the Supreme Court. Hogrobrooks was to file a brief by January 20, 2014. On December 30, 2013, she filed a Motion for Extension of Time to file her brief, which was granted to March 6, 2014. She failed to file a timely brief. On March 17, 2014, she tendered an untimely and non-compliant brief. On June 4, 2014, the Office filed a Motion for
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