¶ 1 The complainant, Oklahoma Bar Association (Bar Association), charged the respondent, Mark Gregory Robb, with three counts of failure to respond, after numerous attempts to allow the respondent to answer formal grievances by three of the respondent’s clients. Even after the complainant filed its complaint, the respondent took no action. On the date set for the hearing, the Professional Responsibility Tribunal heard the evidence without the respondent present, and found based on clear and convincing evidence that the respondent had violated the mandatory provisions of Rule 8.1(b)1 of the Oklahoma Rules of Professional Conduct, and Rule 5.22 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings. In its report of findings of fact and conclusions of law, the Professional Responsibility Tribunal recommended a two year and one day suspension.

¶ 2 In Count I of the Complaint, the Bar Association reported that it received a written grievance from Jill S. Erickson against *197the respondent for neglect.3 On January 12, 1996, the Office of the General Counsel mailed a letter to the respondent requesting an answer to the grievance within two weeks. On January 17,1996, the letter was returned with the envelope marked “attempted, not known.” On February 20,1996, the Office of the General Counsel mailed another letter, but the respondent failed to file a written response to the grievance within the twenty days allowed by Rule 5.2 of the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings. The next letter was sent certified mail, return receipt requested on March 15, 1996, but it was returned with the envelope marked “moved, left no address.” On April 1, 1996, the respondent was personally served with a subpoena duces tecum requiring that he appear at the Oklahoma Bar Center on Tuesday, April 16,1996, at 10:00 a.m. The respondent made no appearance on that date.

¶3 In Count II, the Bar Association states it received a written grievance on April 25, 1996, from Edgar Summers forwarded by the Tulsa County Bar Association against the respondent.4 Like Count I, this grievance was also for neglect. The respondent had not responded to inquiries addressed to him concerning the grievance from the Tulsa County Bar Association. The Bar Association sent a letter to the respondent’s current roster address advising him to make a written response to the grievance within twenty days. As before, the envelope was returned, marked “moved, left no address.” On June 6, 1996, the Office of the General Counsel mailed a letter by certified mail, return receipt requested, but it was marked, “return to sender, unclaimed.” The respondent was again personally served with a subpoena duces tecum on June 26, 1996, requiring that he appear at the Oklahoma Bar Center on Wednesday, July 3, 1996, at 9:30 a.m. The respondent did not appear for his deposition on that day.

¶4 For Count III, the Bar Association alleged a continuation of the failure to respond, as in the first two counts. The Bar Association received on May 28,1996, a written grievance from Manuel L. Peeples, Jr., against the respondent for neglect.5 When *198the Office of the General Counsel mailed a letter to the respondent at his current roster address, advising him of the grievance, and the letter was returned marked “not here.” On July 12, 1996, the Bar Association through the Office of the General Counsel sent a letter by certified mail, return receipt requested, to his last known address. The green card was returned with a signature for receipt, “Mark G. Robb,” on July 13, 1996. Nevertheless, no response was ever received from the respondent.

¶ 5 On October 20,1996, at 1:50 p.m., the respondent was personally served with the Complaint, and a letter informing him that if he did not answer the complaint within twenty days, the charges against him would be deemed admitted. The papers included a Notice of Selection and Appointment of Trial Panel and Notice of Setting and Notice of Hearing. The proceeding was set for November 27, 1996, at 9:30 a.m. at the Bar Center on North Lincoln Boulevard in Oklahoma City. The respondent made no reply, verbal or written. He did not appear at the hearing.

¶ 6 The Bar Association presented one witness, an investigator for the Bar Association, and offered 25 exhibits into evidence, all of which were accepted and admitted. The evidence supported the allegations made in the complaint. The exhibits reveal that the respondent was suspended from the practice of law at the time of the November 27th hearing for failure to pay 1996 membership dues to the Bar Association, and failure to comply with the mandatory continuing legal education requirement for the year 1995. The letters to the Bar Association concerning the grievances of respondent’s clients were also included.

¶7 The ultimate decision of the discipline to impose upon a lawyer in a bar matter rests with this Court after a de novo review of the record. State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass’n v. Butler, 903 P.2d 872, 875 (Okla. 1995); State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass’n v. Carpenter, 863 P.2d 1123, 1128 (Okla. 1993). Our review of the record reveals that the respondent has completely ignored the obligations he has pursuant to Oklahoma Rules of Professional Conduct, and the Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings. The grievances concerning neglect of cases, if proven, would violates Rule 1.3 of the Oklahoma Rules of Professional Conduct, “A lawyer shall act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client,” Rule 1.4, “A lawyer shall keep a client reasonably informed about the status of a matter and promptly comply with reasonable requests for information,” and Rule 1.15 concerning the safekeeping of property. But the respondent appears to have so little concern for his license that he has ignored not only the attempts of his clients to contact him, but also those of the Tulsa County Bar Association, and the General Counsel for the Oklahoma Bar Association.

¶ 8 It would appear that the respondent has abandoned the practice of law. He does not even offer any mitigation for his actions. In State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Ass’n v. McCoy, 912 P.2d 856 (Okla. 1996) the respondent involved had nine counts of professional misconduct charged against him. Like the respondent in the case at bar, he never answered the complaints against him, responded in any manner to the proceedings, did not appear at the hearing before the Professional Responsibility Tribunal, nor file a brief with this Court. The Professional Responsibility Tribunal in that ease recommended disbarment, and the Bar Association urged this Court to accept the recommendation. McCoy, 912 P.2d at 857. With all Justices concurring, we held: “The Respondent’s utter disregard for the responsibilities placed on him as a lawyer and for the procedures of this Court leave us no alternative other than to accept the recommendation of the Professional Responsibility Tribunal and order Respondent’s disbarment.” McCoy, 912 P.2d at 857. Unlike McCoy, the respondent in the case at bar was not charged with the neglect stated in the grievances, but only with the failure to respond to the Bar Association’s investigation of the grievances.

*199¶ 9 Complainant’s Brief in Chief concludes that this Court should adopt the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommended discipline of the Trial Panel. As in McCoy, we agree with this recommendation. Respondent must timely pay the costs incurred in this proceeding as a condition of reinstatement, in the amount of $603.65, pursuant to Rule 6.16 Rules Governing Disciplinary Proceedings, 5 O.S.1991, ch. 1, app. 1-A.6

¶ 10 RESPONDENT SUSPENDED FOR TWO YEARS AND ONE DAY AND ORDERED TO PAY COSTS.

¶ 13 I concur in today’s imposition of discipline; I would visit on the respondent a much more severe sanction.