In re Smith

On the 27th day of July, 1989, Bruce E. Miller, disciplinary administrator, filed a formal complaint with the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys, alleging that William Van Horn Smith of Garden City, Kansas, violated the Kansas Code of Professional Responsibility, Supreme Court Rule 225 (1988 Kan. Gt. R. Annot. 142). Respondent has been disciplined by this court on three previous occasions: In re Smith, 244 Kan. 730, 771 P.2d 931 (1989); In re Smith, 243 Kan. 159, 754 P.2d 808 (1988); and In re Smith, 242 Kan. 334, 747 P.2d 118 (1987). Each of these proceedings involved a failure by…