People v. Erin Glover f/k/a Erin Toll. 17PDJ002. July 24, 2017. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties’ conditional admission of misconduct and suspended Erin Glover f/k/a Erin Toll (attorney registration number 16467) for eighteen months, effective August 28, 2017. To be reinstated, Glover will bear the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that she has complied with disciplinary orders and rules, she is fit to practice law, and she has been rehabilitated from the issues underlying her misconduct, including her current medical condition.
In the course of serving as a plaintiff’s expert witness in an Oklahoma case, Glover disagreed with plaintiff’s counsel about the compensation for her work as an expert and about her expert report, among other things. In spring 2014, she left a voicemail message for and sent two emails to defense counsel in the case. Soon thereafter, she spoke with defense counsel, advising him to subpoena all of the documentation related to her billing. She texted him to relay the same message. A few days later, she again counseled him by phone about the types of documents he should subpoena, and she also disclosed information about her interactions with plaintiff’s counsel. Glover concealed these communications from plaintiff’s counsel until trial in March 2015. At trial, Glover was questioned by defense counsel about their interactions. He asked her whether she had called him, and she replied, “no.” She also denied having sent him emails or left him a voicemail. Defense counsel moved to strike her testimony; the court granted the motion and instructed the jury not to consider her testimony.
In these matters, Glover violated Okla. RPC 8.4(c) (a lawyer shall not engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation) and Okla. RPC 8.4(d) (a lawyer shall not engage in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice).