Cite as 2023 Ark. 123 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. D-23-366

Opinion Delivered: September 21, 2023 LISA C. BALLARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SUPREME COURT COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT PETITIONER MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL JUDGE V. QUENTIN ELLERY MAY, ATTORNEY SPECIAL JUDGE APPOINTED.

AT LAW, ABN 2006034 RESPONDENT

PER CURIAM Lisa C. Ballard, Executive Director of the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, has filed a petition for disbarment against the respondent, Quentin Ellery May.

Pursuant to section 13(A) of the Arkansas Supreme Court Procedures Regulating Professional Conduct of Attorneys at Law, this court shall assign a special judge to preside over the disbarment proceedings. After hearing all the evidence relevant to the alleged misconduct, the special judge shall make findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations of an appropriate sanction, and shall file them, along with a transcript and the record of the proceedings, with the Clerk of the Supreme Court.

We hereby appoint the Honorable Barbara Halsey as a special judge to hear this matter and to provide the court with findings of facts, conclusions of law, and recommendations of an appropriate sanction. Upon receipt of the special judge’s findings, this court will render a decision in this matter.

It is so ordered.