Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Clem

In this disciplinary proceeding, M. C. Clem, Jr., a member of the bar, was charged by the Kentucky Bar Association with unprofessional and unethical conduct calculated to bring the bench and bar into disrepute, RAP 3.130.

The charges involve representation of three clients in litigation and are as follows.

First, in representing a client in a workmen’s compensation case, respondent failed to appear at depositions and failed to meet appointments with his client. When the Workmen’s Compensation Board found against his client, respondent falsely told his client he would appeal to the circuit court…