State ex rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Kinney

This court disbarred John C. Kinney in May 1987 after he embezzled about $23,000 from his employer’s law firm.1 Kinney applied for reinstatement. We appointed a referee, who recommended that we readmit Kinney contingent upon Kinney’s taking a course in legal ethics and successfully passing the Nebraska bar examination. Counsel for Discipline filed exceptions to the referee’s recommendations.

BACKGROUND

In 1981, Kinney was admitted to the practice of law in Nebraska. Robert G. Scoville, an attorney practicing in South Sioux City, Nebraska, hired Kinney as an associate attorney and *414paid Kinney a…