In Re: Reinstatement of Jeffery Dickerson

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

IN THE MATTER OF No. 72810 REINSTATEMENT OF JEFFREY A. DICKERSON, BAR NO. 2690. FILED SEP 1 1 2017

ORDER OF REINSTATEMENT This is an automatic review of a Northern. Nevada Disciplinary Board hearing panel's recommendation on remand that this court grant attorney Jeffrey A. Dickerson's petition for reinstatement. This court previously suspended Dickerson for 18 months. In re Discipline of Dickerson, Docket No. 62093 (Order of Suspension, May 9, 2014). In that order, we required Dickerson to comply with SCR 115 and pass the Professional Responsibility and Attorney Ethics portion of the State Bar Exam before seeking reinstatement. Dickerson has complied with SCR 115 and passed the required portion of the exam. While the hearing panel originally recommended Dickerson's petition for reinstatement be denied, on remand from this court, In re Reinstatement of Dickerson, Docket No. 70826 (Order of Remand, Feb. 10, 2017), the panel recommended Dickerson be reinstated to the practice of law in Nevada We conclude that Dickerson has satisfied his burden in seeking reinstatement by clear and convincing evidence. See SCR 116(2) (requiring an attorney to demonstrate by "clear and convincing evidence that he or she has the moral qualifications, competency, and learning in SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA

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law required for admission to practice law in this state" and that the attorney's "resumption of the practice of law will not be detrimental to the integrity and standing of the bar, to the administration of justice, or to the public interest"); Application of Wright, 75 Nev. 111, 112-13, 335 P.2d 609, 610 (1959) (reviewing a petition for reinstatement de novo). We therefore approve the panel's recommendation that the petition be granted, but we place a condition on Dickerson's reinstatement. Dickerson shall complete six CLE credits in ethics, in addition to his annually mandated CLE credits, each year for the next two years. Accordingly, Jeffrey A. Dickerson is hereby reinstated to the practice of law in Nevada subject to the condition indicated above. Dickerson shall pay the costs of the reinstatement proceeding in the amount of $2,500 within 30 days of this order. See SCR 120. It is so ORDERED.

Douglas

—Lea-e-t1 , J. Hardesty

_Yk , J. Stiglich

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cc: Chair, Northern Nevada Disciplinary Board Jeffrey A. Dickerson C. Stanley Hunterton, Bar Counsel, State Bar of Nevada Kimberly K. Farmer, Executive Director, State Bar of Nevada Perry Thompson, Admissions Office, U.S. Supreme Court

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