Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. Harris

OPINION OF

THE COURT

The board of governors of the Kentucky Bar Association found the respondent, George K. Harris, guilty of unethical and unprofessional conduct calculated to bring the bench and bar into disrepute and recommended that he be suspended from the practice of law for one year.

The board of governors found that over an extended period of time respondent after being appointed executor of an estate failed to take prompt and adequate legal action to achieve a final settlement of the estate. The particulars of this neglect include futile attempts of the beneficiaries to gain advice from…