The Utah State Bar is a quasi-governmental organization responsible for licensing attorneys in the State of Utah.  One of its duties is to administer the bar exam twice per year.  Ryan McBride, a Provo attorney and 2009 BYU law school graduate, took the bar exam in July 2009.  Only problem was that he forgot to electronically submit his essay on time.  He was disqualified from the bar exam.  He retook and passed the bar exam in February 2010 and is now licensed to practice law.

Nevertheless, he sued the Utah State Bar for violating his due process and equal protection rights.  He lost.  The Supreme Court said the bar acted reasonably.  That decision was published today.

Another function of the Utah State Bar is to discipline attorneys who act unethically.  Each month the State Bar releases the results of those discipinary hearings.  For some reason, the bar does not store them on its web site in an easy to access format.

I thought it might be of interest to my readers so I’m condensing that information here.  I’ll limit it to attorneys with some connection to Utah County just to keep the list shorter.

Barnes, Timothy — Public Reprimand — reported in the Utah Bar Journal January 2010.

Culas, Roberto G. — Public Reprimand — reported in the Utah Bar Jounral May 2010.

Culbertson, Richard J. — Disbarred — reported in the Utah Bar Journal December 2009.

Hamilton, Jerome R. — Disbarred — reported in the Utah Bar Journal September 2010.

Heugly, Dusten L. — Public Reprimand — reported in the Utah Bar Journal September 2010.

Johnson, S. Austin (two matters)– Public Reprimand — reported in the Utah Bar Journal May 2010.

Johnson, S. Austin (four matters) — Public Reprimand — reported in the Utah Bar Journal November 2010.

Larry, Long N. — Public Reprimand — reporated in the Utah Bar Journal January 2010.

MacNeill, Martin J. — Resignation with Discipline pending — reported in the Utah Bar Journal September 2010.

Nelson, Bruce L. — Public Reprimand — reported in the Utah Bar Journal May 2010.

Nemelka, Richard — Suspended from the practice of law — reported in the Utah Bar Journal September 2009.

Turcotte, David G. — Public Reprimand — reported in the Utah Bar Journal December 2009.