Burns v. Kentucky Bar Assoc.

OPINION AND ORDER

This matter comes before the Court on the application for reinstatement by Lester Burns, Jr., under Kentucky Rules of the Supreme Court (SCR) 3.510. The Character and Fitness Committee found that Burns “has failed to present clear and convincing evidence that he presently exhibits the requisite good moral character to be reinstated to the practice of law” and further found “that he has failed to completely rehabilitate himself from past derelictions.” Based on these findings, the Committee recommended denial of Burns’s application for reinstatement.

The Kentucky Bar…