In Re Gershater

This is an original proceeding in discipline filed by the office of the Disciplinary Administrator against Dorothy Gershater, of Lawrence, an attorney admitted to the practice of law in Kansas.

This action arises out of the conduct of Dorothy Gershater in a civil action based on a landlord-tenant dispute in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas. On October 19, 1991, attorney Andrew Ramirez filed a civil action on behalf of his client, R. Mike McBride d/b/a Mackenzie Place Apartments, against two former tenants, Marc Lee and Bryon Frick. Dorothy Gershater, the respondent, represented the…