Kentucky State Bar Ass'n v. Smith

In accordance with the procedure set forth in RCA 3.370 the Board of Governors of the Kentucky Bar Association has found the respondent, a member of the bar, guilty of unprofessional conduct. As shown by his own affidavit filed during the course of the proceeding, the conduct in question consisted of his purporting to represent in the Louisville Police Court, at the behest of a professional bondsman, a person whom he did not represent.

In defense, the respondent argues that this is a common occurrence in the Louisville Police Court, that when a bondsman’s “client” fails to appear it is…