Steutermann v. Kentucky Bar Ass'n

ORDER

Movant, Edward M. Steutermann, requests permission to resign from the Kentucky Bar Association and to surrender his license to practice law in the Commonwealth for a period of two years. The KBA has no objection.

Movant has been charged by the Inquiry Tribunal with five counts of professional misconduct in violation of SCR 3.130-1.3 and 8.3(c). Specifically, in January of 1992, the movant agreed to represent two clients for the preparation and filing of a patent application with the U.S. patent office. Almost a year passed, but the attorney failed to file the application. He is charged…