Michael Brinkley v. Comm'n for Lawyer Discipline
On July 10, 2013, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals dismissed for want of prosecution the appeal of Fort Worth attorney C. M. (Michael) Brinkley, 60, State Bar of Texas Card No. 03004300, from a default judgment of probated suspension signed on November 5, 2012 by the Evidentiary Panel for the State Bar of Texas District 7-4 grievance committee in Case No. D0081143838. Brinkley did not file a brief and the Board issued an Order to Show Cause to Brinkley on April 25, 2013. The Show Cause Order gave him 30 days to respond and show cause as to why the appeal should not be dismissed for want of prosecution. Brinkley did not respond. BODA cause number 51630.