ROBERT N. CARNAHAN

On May 12, 2003, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals entered an interlocutory order of suspension against Corpus Christi attorney Robert N. Carnahan, 74, SBOT Card No. 03826000. On or about January 10, 2003, Carnahan was found guilty of Indecency with a Child (three counts), Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child (five counts) and Sexual Assault of a Child (five counts), intentional crimes as defined in the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, in Cause No. 01 CR 3833 H, styled, The State of Texas v. Robert Narvell Carnahan, in the 347th District Court of Nueces County, Texas. Carnahan was sentenced to 15 years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the counts of Indecency with a Child and Sexual Assault of a Child and 40 years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. Carnahan was also ordered to pay a fine of $5,000 on each count and court costs of $463.00. Carnahan appealed the conviction and it was affirmed. Carnahan was disbarred on August 3, 2006.

BODA Cause Number: 
28766
Type of Matter: 
Compulsory Discipline
BODA Decision: 
Disbarred
Appealed to the Supreme Court: 
No
SBOT Card No.: 
03826000