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DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS Judgment on the Pleadings and for Entry of Final Order of Disbarment. On June 26, 2014, the Arkansas Supreme Court issued its per curiam granting the Motion, and disbarred Hogrobrooks, stating she failed to file a brief in compliance with the court rules and by failing to file a brief, the Court was limited to the findings of fact and conclusions of law issued by the Special Judge, who found Hogrobrooks violated Arkansas Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, 3.1, 3.3, 8.4(c), 8.4(d). The Special Judge found that Hogrobrooks’ conduct was serious misconduct and that the following factors listed in Section 19 of the Procedures were present: 19.A(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (10), and aggravating factors 19.B(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5). The Court ordered Hogrobrooks’s name removed from the registry of attorneys licensed to practice law in the state of Arkansas. The pleadings, the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, and the per curiam can be found on the Arkansas Supreme Court website or Court Connect website as Ligon, Director v. Hogrobrooks, Case No. D-12-459, or at 2014 Ark. 317. SURRENDER: DUSTIN D. DYER, Bar No. 2003082, of Benton, Arkansas, in Supreme Court Case No. D-14-344, on April 18, 2014, petitioned to surrender his law license, in lieu of going through attorney discipline proceedings. The Supreme Court accepted his surrender by per curiam issued May 1, 2014, removing his name from the registry of Arkansas licensed attorneys and barring him from the practice of law in Arkansas. Dyer entered a guilty plea in United States District Court Case No. 11CR-129 (ED/AR) on February 28, 2014, to the felony offense of use of a telephone to obtain controlled substances, and as a verbal addendum to his plea agreement and disposition order stated to the court he would surrender his Arkansas law license.

REPRIMAND: JAMES BRUCE BENNETT, Bar No. 81014, of El Dorado, Arkansas, in Committee Case No. CPC 2014-014, by Consent Findings and Order filed May 29,

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