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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe Indiana Supreme Court has suspended a Whitestown lawyer from the practice of law for his noncooperation with the disciplinary commission.
Robert Cheesebourough was ordered in June to show cause as to why he should not be immediately suspended from the practice of law in Indiana for failure to cooperate with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission’s investigation of a grievance filed against him.
The order required that Cheesebourough show cause in writing within 10 days of service of the order, but the attorney has not submitted a response to the order to show cause, justices wrote in a Tuesday suspension order.
In July, the commission filed a request for ruling and to tax costs, asserting that Cheesebourough had still not cooperated, to which the attorney has also failed to respond. The nature of the grievance against him is not disclosed in the court’s order.
The high court therefore ordered Cheesebourough’s suspension from the practice of law for noncooperation with the commission, effective immediately.
“Pursuant to Admission and Discipline Rule 23(10.1)(c)(3), this suspension shall continue until the Executive Director of the Disciplinary Commission certifies to the Court that Respondent has cooperated fully with the investigation or until further order of this Court, provided there are no other suspensions then in effect. Respondent is ordered to fulfill the duties of a suspended attorney under Admission and Discipline Rule 23(26),” Chief Justice Loretta Rush wrote for the high court.
Cheesebourough is also ordered to reimburse the disciplinary commission $513.95 for the costs of prosecuting the proceeding. He has seven concluded discipline actions and one pending case against him, according to the Indiana Roll of Attorneys.
The case is In the Matter of: Robert Cheesebourough, 20S-DI-392.
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