In re Matney

This is an original proceeding in discipline filed by the disciplinary administrator against Harold V. Matney of Kansas City, Kansas, an attorney admitted to the practice of law in Kansas. The facts, as determined by the hearing panel of the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys (the panel), are not disputed.

On April 25, 1990, the respondent, Harold V. Matney, was tried in the district court of Johnson County, Kansas, on one count of misdemeanor theft. (K.S.A. 21-3701, class A misdemeanor.) The respondent was convicted of theft of property of a value less than $500.

On June 1, 1990, the…