Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Shane

This is a disciplinary proceeding in which the Board of Governors of the Kentucky Bar Association found Steven C. Shane guilty of unprofessional conduct and recommended that he be publicly reprimanded and ordered to pay the costs of the action.

Shane is an Ohio attorney whose address is 2199 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio. He is not a member of the Kentucky Bar Association.

In April 1976, Shane entered his name as co-counsel in a civil action pending in the Kenton Circuit Court. Shane represented the defendant. On November 12, 1976, Shane wrote a letter to the attorney for the plaintiff.…