Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Martin

On September 23, 1976, pursuant to the provisions of RAP 3.200, a written charge was filed against the respondent in this court wherein it is alleged that he engaged in unprofessional and unethical conduct. This charge is fully denied by the respondent in his answer filed October 18, 1976. The trial committee of the Kentucky Bar Association, on February 4,1977, conducted an evidentiary hearing, of which respondent was duly notified but did not appear. The testimony was recorded, transcribed and filed in this court on July 26, 1977.

The testimony discloses that Henry Gir-dler, an uneducated…