On March 3, 1995, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals suspended for the term of his criminal probation Houston attorney Michael C. Howard, State Bar of Texas Card no.10074980. On December 8, 1994, Howard pled nolo contendere to third degree felony theft in Cause No. 630465, styled, State of Texas v. Michael Howard, In the 183rd Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas, and was given deferred adjudication and placed on one years' probation. BODA case no. 05899.