Hickey v. Kentucky Bar Ass'n

OPINION AND ORDER REINSTATING

Applicant, Patrick C. Hickey, of Kenton County, Kentucky, was admitted to the practice of law in Kentucky on October 1, 1974. On March 8, 1999, Hickey pled guilty to one felony count of tax evasion in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky at Covington. Consequently, he was automatically suspended from the practice of law the next day. See Hickey v. Kentucky Bar Association, Ky., 988 S.W.2d 33 (1999). Hickey then moved for permission to withdraw his bar membership and for the entry of an order suspending him for one hundred and eighty (180)…