
    Bar Docket No. 12268
    In The Matter of Octavio J. Viveros, Jr., Respondent
    
    
      (88 P.3d 1232)
   In a letter signed April 21, 2004, to the Clerk of the Appellate Courts, respondent Octavio J. Viveros, Jr., an attorney admitted to the practice of law in the State of Kansas, voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law in Kansas, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 217 (2003 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 281).

At the time the respondent surrendered his license, a formal complaint had been filed in which it was alleged that the respondent had misappropriated several thousand dollars of his client’s funds and engaged in dishonest conduct.

This court, having examined the files of the office of the Disciplinary Administrator, finds that the surrender of the respondent’s license should be accepted and that the respondent should be disbarred.

It Is Therefore Ordered that Octavio J. Viveros, Jr., be and he is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in Kansas and his license and privilege to practice law are hereby revoked.

It Is Further Ordered that the Clerk of the Appellate Courts strike the name of Octavio J. Viveros, Jr., from the roll of attorneys licensed to practice law in Kansas.

It Is Further Ordered that this order shall be published in the Kansas Reports, that the costs therein shall be assessed to the respondent, and that the respondent forthwith shall comply with Supreme Court Rule 218 (2003 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 286).

Dated this 27th day of April, 2004.  