In re Smith

This is an original proceeding in discipline filed by Bruce E. Miller, disciplinary administrator, against William Van Horn Smith, of Garden City, an attorney duly admitted to the practice of law in Kansas. Two earlier proceedings against the respondent are In re Smith, 243 Kan. 159, 754 P.2d 808 (1988), and In re Smith, 242 Kan. 334, 747 P.2d 118 (1987). Both prior proceedings were' initated for failure of respondent to segregate client funds in attorney trust accounts, and to properly account for and distribute client funds. Both proceedings resulted in respondent being suspended from the…