KENTUCKY BAR ASS'N v. Marcum

OPINION AND ORDER

The Board of Governors of the Kentucky Bar Association (the “KBA”) has recommended to this Court that Respondent, Leo A. Marcum, KBA Member Number 43870, be suspended from the practice of law for three years. He was admitted to practice in 1971, and his bar roster address is P.O. Box 178, Lowmansville, KY 41232.

The charges against Marcum relate to a previous investigation by the KBA Inquiry Commission involving his representation of Elmer and Evaleena Mullins in 2003. The Mullins hired Marcum to represent them in an effort to collect money from a builder who had failed to…