STATE EX REL. NE STATE BAR ASS'N v. Kinney

740 N.W.2d 607 (2007)

274 Neb. 412

STATE of Nebraska ex rel. NEBRASKA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Relator

v.

John C. KINNEY, Respondent.

No. S-87-352.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

November 2, 2007.

Kent L. Frobish, Assistant Counsel for Discipline, for relator.

Robert F. Bartle, of Bartle & Geier Law Firm, Lincoln, for respondent.

HEAVICAN, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.

This court disbarred John C. Kinney in May 1987 after he embezzled about $23,000 from his employer's law firm.[1] Kinney applied for reinstatement. We appointed a referee, who recommended that we…