In re Brown

This is an original proceeding in discipline filed by the office of the Disciplinary Administrator as petitioner against Fred H. Brown, an attorney admitted to the practice of law. The issue is whether Brown, who had been temporarily suspended from the practice of law and was in federal prison, should have been granted a continuance by the hearing panel of the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys (the panel), thus allowing him to appear personally.

Brown was convicted on two felony counts. While incarcerated in South Dakota, Brown received notice of his disciplinary hearing to be held in…