ROBERT M. BRECH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT v. WILLIAM ASA HUTCHINSON III, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ARKANSAS BAR NO. 2001115

• Court: Supreme Court of Arkansas
• Decided: October 16, 2025
• Docket: D-25-539
• Status: Published

Opinion

Cite as 2025 Ark. 159 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. D-25-539 Opinion Delivered: October 16, 2025

ROBERT M. BRECH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ARKANSAS SUPREME COURT COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PETITIONER SPECIAL JUDGE

V.

WILLIAM ASA HUTCHINSON III, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ARKANSAS BAR NO. 2001115 RESPONDENT SPECIAL JUDGE APPOINTED.

PER CURIAM

Robert M. Brech, Executive Director of the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee

on Professional Conduct, has filed a petition for disbarment against the respondent, William

Asa Hutchinson III. Pursuant to section 13(A) of the Arkansas Supreme Court Procedures

Regulating Professional Conduct of Attorneys at Law, this court shall assign a special judge

to preside over the disbarment proceedings. After hearing all the evidence relevant to the

alleged misconduct, the special judge shall make findings of fact, conclusions of law, and

recommendations of an appropriate sanction, and shall file them, along with a transcript and

the record of the proceedings, with the Clerk of the Supreme Court.

We hereby appoint the Honorable Barbara Halsey as a special judge to hear this

matter and to provide the court with findings of facts, conclusions of law, and recommendations of an appropriate sanction. Upon receipt of the special judge’s findings,

this court will render a decision.

It is so ordered.

BAKER, C.J., not participating.