In Re Matney

Two complaints filed by the office of the disciplinary administrator against Harold V. Matney, Jr., of Ottawa, an attorney admitted to the practice of law in Kansas, have been consolidated for purposes of these original proceedings in discipline.

The two complaints, although filed at different times, were interrelated and therefore were heard by a panel of the Kansas Hoard for Discipline of Attorneys on the same date. Complaint 2671 was filed May 2, 1984, and will be referred to as the cemetery complaint. Complaint 2914 was filed September 12, 1985, and will be referred to as the Rickey trust…