Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Hardesty

OPINION AND ORDER

This disciplinary matter on review from the Kentucky Bar Association [KBA] involves former Daviess District Judge Thomas F. Hardesty. The KBA charged Hardesty with multiple counts of violating the Code of Professional Responsibility, in particular Disciplinary Rules 1 — 102(A)(3), (4), (5) and (6), and 8-101(A)(3). These charges were brought as a result of Har-desty’s misconduct when he was a Judge. When the incidents became known Kentucky’s Judicial Retirement and Removal Commission [JRRC] began an investigation of Hardesty. Soon thereafter Hardesty resigned his office. The…