KENTUCKY BAR ASS'N v. Vanmeter

OPINION AND ORDER

The Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) recommends that this Court declare Respondent, Nickie Barton Vanmeter of Louisville, Kentucky, guilty of numerous charges brought in three cases before the Association. Due to the gravity of these charges, the KBA further moves for an Order of permanent disbarment. We so find and enter an Order of permanent disbarment.

I. KBA File 8351

Respondent was properly served with a charge by the Inquiry Commission on March 5, 2005 alleging numerous violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct in connection with his representation of Patricia Bales.…