Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Hawkins

OPINION AND ORDER

The Board of Governors of the Kentucky Bar Association has recommended to this Court that Nicholas G. Hawkins be suspended from the practice of law for five years. We agree with the Board’s recommendation. Hawkins was admitted to the practice of law in Kentucky on October 16, 1998. His bar roster address is P.O. Box 493, Harrods Creek, Kentucky 40027, and his member number is 87412.

Hawkins practiced law in Louisville with the law firm of Borowitz and Goldsmith. On June 29, 2004, a managing member of that firm, Max J. Goldsmith, reported to the Bar Association that Hawkins had…