Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. McMahon

This is a disciplinary proceeding in which the Kentucky Bar Association charged *454McMahon with three counts of unprofessional conduct calculated to bring the bench and bar into disrepute. McMahon was charged with: (1) falsely advising a client as to the status of litigation; (2) loaning a contingency fee client $200.00 on three occasions; and (3) paying the client money from an “attorney at law escrow account.”

Counsel for McMahon filed a response admitting the allegations contained in the charges except any allegations as to the falsity of representations made by him to his client.1

A trial…