Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. White

OPINION AND ORDER

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

The respondent, Donald L. White, was convicted in Jefferson Circuit Court of theft by deception for taking money from his clients under a pretense of bribing the presiding judge. Following the conviction, the respondent was temporarily suspended from the practice of law. The conviction was reversed upon appeal, and the temporary suspension was vacated. The respondent has not been retried on the criminal charges.

Nevertheless, the Kentucky Bar Association preferred charges against respondent for violation of Disciplinary Rules 9-101(C) and 1-102(A)(3),…