State Bar of Texas Discipline: 12 Lawyers

BOARD OF DISCIPLINARY APPEALSTallion Kyle Taylor (Austin)On September 18, 2019, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals signed an agreed interlocutory order of suspension against Austin attorney Tallion Kyle Taylor [#24033263], 45. On January 31, 2019, Taylor was convicted by a jury of possession of child pornography in three separate judgments, an intentional crime as defined in the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure, in the case styled The State of Texas v. Tallion Kyle Taylor, Cause No. 15-2925-K368, in the 368th District Court of Williamson County. Taylor was sentenced to prison for 10 years. The sentence was suspended and he was placed on community supervision for 10 years for each judgment of conviction. Taylor has appealed his criminal conviction. The board retains jurisdiction to enter a final judgment when the criminal appeal is final. BODA Cause No. 61628.SUSPENSIONSOn September 16, 2019, Simeon Olumide Coker [#24049013], 43, of Dallas, agreed to a 12-month active suspension effective October 1, 2019. An evidentiary panel of the District 6 Grievance Committee found that in June 2017, the complainant hired Coker to represent him in a personal injury matter. During Coker’s representation of the complainant, Coker misrepresented the status of the matter, including but not limited to,…