Opinion
Case No. 18S00-0111-DI-555
April 3, 2003
ORDER CONVERTING SUSPENSION FOR NONCOOPERATION WITH THE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS TO INDEFINITE SUSPENSION
On February 18, 2002, pursuant to Ind. Admission and Discipline Rule 23(10), this Court suspended the respondent, J. Scoot Forgey, from the practice of law in this state for failing to provide to the Disciplinary Commission responses to grievances filed against him. This Court continued that suspension by order issued September 4, 2002. The Disciplinary Commission has now moved to have the respondent's suspension converted to an indefinite suspension from the practice of law, pursuant to Admis.Disc.R. 23(10).
We now find more than six months have passed since the respondent was suspended due to his noncooperation with the disciplinary process. Accordingly, given the passage of time and the respondent's continued failure to cooperate with the disciplinary process, we now find that the respondnet's suspension should be converted to an indefinite suspension from the practice of law, pursuant to Admis.Disc.R. 23(10).
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the current suspension from the practice of law of the respondent, J. Scott Forgey, for failure to cooperate with the disciplinary process is hereby converted to an indefinite suspension, effective immediately, Accordingly, in order to become readmitted to the practice of law in this state, the respondent must successfully petition this Court for readmittance pursuant to Admis.Disc.R. 23(4).
The Clerk of this Court is directed to forward notice of this Order to the respondent or his attorney and to the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
DONE at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 3rd day of April, 2003.
___________________________ Randall T. Shepard Chief Justice of Indiana
All Justices concur.