Kentucky Bar Association v. Adair

OPINION AND ORDER

The Board of Governors (“Board”) of the Kentucky Bar Association (“KBA”) has recommended to this Court that Respondent, Edward Harold Adair, who was admitted to practice law in Kentucky on October 22,1985, and whose bar roster address is 301 Briarcliff Avenue, Apartment D-9; Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, be permanently disbarred from the practice of law. We agree with the Board’s recommendation.

KBA File No. 7708

In April 1999, Manis Banks hired Adair to represent her in a dissolution of marriage proceeding. Receipts given by Adair’s office to Banks referred to a “nonrefundable…