Cite as 2025 Ark. 159

SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS

No. D-25-539

Opinion Delivered: October 16, 2025 ROBERT M. BRECH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF

PETITIONER SPECIAL JUDGE V. WILLIAM ASA HUTCHINSON III, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ARKANSAS BAR NO. 2001115

RESPONDENT SPECIAL JUDGE APPOINTED.

PER CURIAM

Robert M. Brech, Executive Director of the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, has filed a petition for disbarment against the respondent, William Asa Hutchinson III. 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.

It is so ordered.

BAKER, C.J., not participating.

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