In re Smith

Per Curiam-.

This is an original proceeding in discipline filed by Bruce E. Miller, disciplinary administrator, against William Van Horn Smith, of Garden City, an attorney duly admitted to the practice of law in Kansas.

The facts are not in dispute. The respondent settled a lawsuit for his client, Everett L. Kobobel, in February 1986, for $17,500. Separate settlement checks were issued by the two defendants in the lawsuit. One check for $7,500 was sent to Mr. Kobobel. A second check for $10,000 was deposited by respondent in a separate checking account maintained by him in which respondent’s…