is confined to issues which are germane to the mitigation of the disciplinary sanction to be imposed upon Respondent."
¶5 Following the PRT hearing on January 28, 2016, and the final submission of written closing arguments allowed by the PRT, the Report of the Trial Panel was issued on March 14, 2016. The PRT found, inter alia, that "There was presented no evidence of Respondent violating other rules for the practice of law in Oklahoma, other than his failure to report his Colorado discipline, stated herein." (Finding of Fact #10). The PRT recommended a six month suspension of his license to practice law, deferred for one year of probation, subject to rules and conditions to be imposed. If the probation is completed satisfactorily, the PRT recommends a public censure.If it is not satisfactorily completed, the Tribunal recommends the six-month suspension to be imposed.
EVIDENCE AND FACTS
a. Colorado
¶6 Respondent became licensed to practice law in Oklahoma in 1991. He also holds a CPA license in Oklahoma, Colorado, and Wyoming. Respondent was never licensed to practice law in Colorado. In 2010, he and Loni Woodley, also a CPA, entered into a partnership, Auer & Woodley CPA's, to acquire CPA firms in other states.7  They first purchased two accounting firms in Colorado Springs. Most of the clients in the firms already had legal counsel who had set up their businesses or prepared their estate planning documents. They later asked CPA's from whom they had bought the accounting firms to recommend local counsel who could meet with them and their clients