Stark Ligón, Executive Director of the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, has filed a complaint for disbarment against the defendant, Reginald Shelton McCullough. The complaint lists twenty-three violations that constitute grounds for disbarment. Defendant, representing himself, filed a response to the complaint.
*42Pursuant to Section 13A of the Procedures of the Arkansas Supreme Court Regulating Professional Conduct of Attorneys at Law, a special judge shall be appointed to preside over the disbarment proceedings in the case herein. After hearing all evidence relevant to the alleged misconduct, the judge shall make findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations of an appropriate sanction, and shall file them, along with a transcript and the record of the proceedings, with the clerk of the supreme court.
We hereby appoint the Honorable John Cole as special master to hear this matter and provide the court with findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations of an appropriate sanction. Upon receipt of the master’s findings, we will render a decision in this matter.