State v. Klassen

This is an original proceeding in discipline instituted by the Ethics Committee of the Reno County Bar Association. The complaint filed October 11, 1968, alleged the respondents, Dick Klassen and Clark Wesley, were practicing law and doing business as bankers in violation of the Canons of Professional Ethics of the state of Kansas.

The State Board of Law Examiners adopted the recommendations of a three-member hearing panel and found the respondents’ conduct to be in violation of Canon 27 of the Code of Professional Ethics relating to advertising and solicitation of business. The Board further…