Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Richardson

*610 OPINION AND ORDER

A trial commissioner appointed pursuant to SCR 3.230 has returned a report in the current disciplinary proceedings against Respondent, Donald L. Richardson, KBA Member No. 58120. Richardson was admitted to the practice of law in Kentucky on May 19, 1981. His bar roster address is 541 Buttermilk Pike, Suite 101, Crescent Springs, Kentucky 41017. The trial commissioner recommends that Richardson be suspended from the practice of law for a period of five (5) years.

The charge against Richardson stems from his handling of a mortgage in June of 2002. The mortgage encumbered a…