Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Heavrin

The Trial Committee which heard the evidence in this case found Heavrin guilty *921of nothing more than bad judgment, and recommended unanimously that all charges against him be dismissed. Ten members of the KBA Board of Governors nevertheless found him guilty on the last four of seven counts.

Count 1 of the formal charges related to the alleged loan of money by Heavrin to Donoghoe, secured by a pledge of jewelry. Count 2 cited the circumstances of the loan to Heavrin from Bodenbender. Count 3 charged Heavrin with covering up ethical misconduct on the part of Donoghoe by borrowing money to pay the…