Legal Opinion

Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Earhart

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided February 23, 2012No. 2011-SC-000743-KBPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*242 OPINION AND ORDER

The Kentucky Bar Association petitions this Court for reciprocal discipline, pursuant to SCR 3.435, of a thirty-day suspension, consistent with the Indiana Supreme Court’s disciplinary action.1 Respondent objects to reciprocal discipline, contending that the conduct prohibited in Indiana is ethical in Kentucky. We conclude that the Respondent’s conduct in Indiana would be unethical in Kentucky, and therefore warrants reciprocal discipline.

Respondent, James A. Earhart, was admitted to the practice of law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky on March 10,1960. His bar roster address…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McKenzie Construction, Inc. v. Desmond L. MaynardCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
  2. In Re KendallIndiana Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Matter of ThonertIndiana Supreme Court · 1997
  4. In Re O'FarrellIndiana Supreme Court · 2011
  5. In re EarhartIndiana Supreme Court · 2011

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Attorney Grievance Commission v. StinsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2012
  2. Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court v. HoffmanNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2013
  3. Disciplinary Board v. HoffmanNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2013
  4. Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. SummersKentucky Supreme Court · 2012
  5. Ky. Bar Ass'n v. KeeneyMissouri Court of Appeals · 2018

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