The Bar counsel does not have the power of nolle prosequi — the common-law prerogative of an English prosecutor to dismiss a Crown's criminal charge.State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Glass, Okla., 832 P.2d 831, 832, 834 (1992); State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Stephenson, Okla., 798 P.2d 1078, 1079 (1990); State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Downing, Okla., 804 P.2d 1120, 1122-1123 (1991); State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Landman, Okla., 784 P.2d 1064 (1989); State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Hall, Okla., 781 P.2d 821, 822 (1989); State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Braswell, Okla., 663 P.2d 1228, 1229-1230 (1983); State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Hood, Okla., 406 P.2d 978, 979 (1965); State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n v. Taylor, Okla., 302 P.2d 975, 976 (1956). In Tweedy v. Oklahoma Bar Ass'n, Okla., 624 P.2d 1049, 1054 (1981), the court recognized that in bar discipline cases the exercise of prosecutorial power is similar to that of an Oklahoma grand jury.

Here, there is nothing in the record indicating that the Office of the General Counsel sought the assistance of the Tulsa County Bar Association's Grievance Committee. Under these circumstances no sanction can attach to respondent's failure to cooperate with that committee. For an example of the General Counsel utilizing the services of a county bar association's grievance committee, see State v. Hood, Okla., 406 P.2d 978, 979 (1965). In 1991 Sherry Long [Long] retained the respondent to secure a divorce.