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A Daviess County attorney has been suspended from practicing law in Indiana, due to noncooperation with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
The Indiana Supreme Court issued a disciplinary order Aug. 24 announcing the suspension of Thomas A. Dysert.
According to the Indiana Roll of Attorneys and the commission’s petition to show cause order, filed April 25, Dysert’s business address is listed as 200 E. Walnut St. in Washington at the Daviess County Prosecutor’s Office.
The Aug. 24 disciplinary order states that, pursuant to Admission and Discipline Rule 23(10.1)(c)(3), “the suspension shall continue until the executive director of the disciplinary commission certifies to the court that Dysert has cooperated fully with the investigation or until further order of the court, provided there are no other suspensions then in effect.”
Dysert has also been ordered to fulfill the duties of a suspended attorney under Admission and Discipline Rule 23(26) and reimburse the disciplinary commission $524.78 for the costs of prosecuting the proceeding.
According to the Office of the Clerk of the Indiana Supreme Court, this case was opened with a petition to show cause being filed.
There was no verified complaint filed in this case by the disciplinary commission.
On April 26, the court ordered Dysert to show cause why he should not be immediately suspended from the practice of law in Indiana for failure to cooperate with the commission’s investigation of a grievance.
The order required that Dysert show cause in writing within 10 days of service of the order.
The petition to show cause stated that Dysert had not responded to a March notice mailed to his business address.
It noted that “Ind. Admis. Disc. R. 23, § 10.1 provides that an attorney’s license to practice law shall be su5pended upon a finding that the attorney has failed to cooperate with a Disciplinary Commission investigation, including failure to submit written responses to pending allegations of professional misconduct.”
On July 7, the commission filed a “Request for Ruling and to Tax Costs” asserting that Dysert still has not cooperated, to which Dysert has not responded.
Chief Justice Loretta Rush issued the disciplinary order, with all justices concurring.
In December 2022, the Indiana Supreme Court issued an order to dismiss a show cause proceeding against Dysert, after the commission reported Dysert had cooperated with the commission’s investigation.
Dysert was admitted to the Indiana bar in October 2003.
The case is In the Matter of: Thomas A. Dysert, Respondent, 23S-DI-104.
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