10 local attorneys & a judge disciplined on October list

Disciplinary Actions — October 2012 list (verbatim from the State Bar of Texas)

General questions regarding attorney discipline should be directed to the Chief Disciplinary Counsel’s Office, toll-free (877) 953-5535 or (512) 453-5535. The Board of Disciplinary Appeals may be reached at (512) 475-1578. Information and copies of actual orders are available at www.txboda.org. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct may be contacted toll-free, (877) 228-5750 or (512) 463-5533. Please note that persons disciplined by the Commission on Judicial Conduct are not necessarily licensed attorneys.

Disciplinary Actions — October 2012

BODA Actions

On July 26, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals signed an agreed interlocutory order of suspension against William George Gammon III [#07611300], 51, of Houston. On Dec. 14, 2011, Gammon pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§2252A(a)(5)(B) and 2252A(b)(2), an intentional crime as defined in the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, in Case No. H-10-340 styled, The United States of America v. William George Gammon, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. Gammon was sentenced to four years in the custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Upon his release, Gammon shall be supervised for life with special conditions as a sex offender. He was also ordered to pay an assessment of $100 and $375,000 in restitution. Gammon has appealed his criminal conviction. The Board retains jurisdiction to enter a final judgment when the criminal appeal is final. BODA Cause No. 50072. Editor’s Note: This action does not refer to William B. Gammon[#07611280], 62, of Austin.

On July 31, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals signed a final judgment of disbarment against Helen Tyne Mayfield [#24014721], 64, of Houston. On Oct. 6, 2008, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals signed an interlocutory order of suspension against Mayfield because on July 30, 2008, Mayfield was convicted of three counts of forgery of a financial instrument, in violation of Texas Penal Code 32.21(d), an intentional crime as defined in the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, in Case No. 07-05453-CRF-361 styled, The State of Texas v. Helen Mayfield, in the 361st District Court of Brazos County in Bryan and three counts of forgery of a financial instrument, in violation of Texas Penal Code 32.21(d), in Case No. 07-05454-CRF-361, styled, The State of Texas v. Helen Mayfield, in the 361st District Court of Brazos County. Mayfield was sentenced to two years in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for each count, the sentences to run concurrently. Mayfield appealed the conviction and on March 16, 2011, the Court of Appeals for the 10th District of Texas issued its mandates affirming the convictions. Mayfield answered and appeared at the hearing. BODA Cause No. 42845.

On July 26, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals signed an order granting a joint motion to reverse the judgment of disbarment signed by an evidentiary panel of the State Bar District 4-A Grievance Committee in Case No. S0031023393 and remand the matter for rendition and entry of an agreed judgment of an active suspension of William B. Harrison [#09125100], 58, of Houston. BODA Cause No. 49760. Editor’s Note: This action does not refer to William A. Harrison [#09125000], of Houston.

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10 local attorneys & a judge disciplined on October list