Kentucky Bar Association v. John Scott Benton

OPINION AND ORDER

Respondent, John Scott Benton, KBA Member No. 89449, has been charged in KBA File No. 22243 with violating SCR 3.130-3.4(c) as a result of failing to appear at a scheduled court date. 1 Respondent maintains a bar roster address at 201 Price Road #205, Lexihgton, Kentucky 40511. The Board of Governors found Respondent guilty in a vote of 20-0 and recommends he be suspended from the practice of law for 181 days to run consecutively to any other suspension. The Respondent did not file an answer contesting the charges; the case went to the Board as a default case pursuant to SCR…