In re Porter

This is a disciplinary proceeding against attorney Russell Porter, of Maysville, In which the Board of Governors of the Kentucky State Bar, Association has recommended a six-month suspension.

The Trial Committee found that Porter had induced and coerced his youthful, female secretary to make a false affidavit accusing a former client of Porter’s of a criminal offense against the secretary, the motive being to obtain a warrant which would be used by way of a threat to deter the client from pursuing a certain monetary claim he was asserting against Porter. There was sufficient evidence to…