O'Hara v. Kentucky Bar Ass'n

This appeal involves an ethics opinion adopted by the board of governors of the Kentucky Bar Association. The opinion states that a trial commissioner of a juvenile court and a Commonwealth’s attorney may not be members of the same law firm.

The appellants, members of the same firm who have occupied those positions for a number of years, argue that there have never been accusations or insinuations of impropriety during the time of this professional association or of a failure to fulfill the duties required by their respective offices. They point out the unlikelihood or virtual impossibility of…