ORDER OF SUSPENSION PENDING FINAL DETERMINATION

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

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

IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the Respondent, Thomas H. Barefoot, be and he hereby is suspended from the practice of law in this State pending a final determination by this Court.

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 8(d).