In Re Swanson

This is an original contested proceeding in discipline filed by the Disciplinary Administrator against respondent, J. Gregory Swanson, of Liberal, an attorney admitted to the practice of law in Kansas in 1974.

A hearing panel of the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys conducted an evidentiary hearing and found that Swanson violated nine rules of the Kansas Rules of Professional Conduct (KRPC):

KRPC 1.1 (2008 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 400) (competence);

KRPC 1.3 (2008 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 415) (diligence);

KRPC 1.4 (2008 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 432) (communication);

KRPC 1.5 (2008 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 448)…