Wides v. Kentucky Bar Ass'n

OPINION AND ORDER

Steven A. Wides, KB A No. 76820,1 moves this Court to impose upon him the sanction of a Public Reprimand. This sanction would be conditioned upon attending the next scheduled Ethics and Professionalism Enhancement Program offered by the Office of Bar Counsel, and not receiving any new charges of unethical conduct from the Inquiry Commission for one year from this Court’s Opinion and Order. The Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) has no objection, as the parties have agreed to this negotiated sanction pursuant to SCR 3.480(2).

I. BACKGROUND

On September 1, 2009, Leon Byram paid Wides…