Cite as 2023 Ark. 164

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS

No. D-23-599

Opinion Delivered: November 9, 2023 LISA C. BALLARD, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

PETITIONER MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF

SPECIAL JUDGE V. ZACHARY ADAM MUSGRAVES, ARKANSAS BAR NO. 2018201

RESPONDENT SPECIAL JUDGE APPOINTED.

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, Zachary Adam Musgraves.

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 Ralph Wilson as 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.

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