ORDER OF SUSPENSION PENDING FINAL DETERMINATION

Comes now the Hearing Officer before whom the Disciplinary Commission's "Motion for Suspension Pending Prosecution" was filed and, after a hearing thereon, recommends that the Respondent be suspended from the practice of law until final determination of this case.

And this Court, being duly advised, finds at this time that the Hearing Officer's recommendation for suspension pending prosecution should be accepted and approved and the Respondent should be so suspended.

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the Respondent, Phillip E. Gutman, be and he hereby is suspended from the practice of law in this state pending a final determination by this Court in the present case.

The Clerk of this Court is directed to forward notice of this Order in accordance with the provisions of Admission and Discipline Rule 23, Section 3(d).