Kentucky Bar Ass'n v. White

ORDER OF SUSPENSION

This cause comes before the Court on request of respondent Donnie H. White for review of the recommendation of the Board of Governors of the Kentucky Bar Association that he be suspended from the practice of law for a period of three years. By a unanimous vote, the Board of Governors found respondent guilty of two counts of unethical and unprofessional conduct and ten members of the Board recommended the three-year suspension.

Respondent was found guilty of charging and collecting a clearly excessive fee in his representation of the Whitlock estate. Persuasive evidence was…