Character & Fitness Committee Office of Bar Admissions v. Jones

While I agree in principle with the majority’s conclusion that Respondent’s lack of candor and “absurd and disingenuous argument that he actually was paying”1 raise substantial questions about his fitness to practice law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, this matter is not a disciplinary case, and no alleged violations of the Kentucky Rules of Professional Conduct are properly before this Court. Instead, this case presents only an SCR .2.0422 conditional admission issue, and our only task is to determine whether Respondent has breached the terms of his Conditional Admission Agreement…