In Re Lovelace

This is an original proceeding in discipline filed by the Disciplinary Administrator against respondent, Dale E. Lovelace, an attorney admitted to the practice of law in Kansas in 1992. A hearing panel of the Kansas Board for the Discipline of Attorneys conducted a formal hearing, as required by Kansas Supreme Court Rule 211 (2007 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 304).

The hearing panel concluded that Lovelace committed criminal acts and those criminal acts reflect directly on Lovelace’s fitness as a lawyer in violation of Kansas Rules of Professional Conduct 8.4(b) (2007 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 559)…