Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Emerson

OPINION AND ORDER

MINTON, Chief Justice.

The Board of Governors of the Kentucky Bar Association has recommended to this Court that Respondent, Eric Lamar Emerson, who was admitted to practice law in Kentucky in October 2002, whose Bar Roster Address is 300 Madison Ave, Suite 300, Covington, Kentucky 41011, and whose KBA Member Number is 89553, be publicly reprimanded, ordered to repay a client fee, and to attend remedial ethics education.

The Charge against Emerson stems from his taking a fee of $2500 from a client in a criminal case in July 2006 and later withdrawing without returning the fee.…