Kentucky Bar Association v. James Douglas Osborne

OPINION AND ORDER

The Board of Governors (“Board”) for the Kentucky Bar Association (“KBA”) recommends that James Douglas Osborne be permanently disbarred from the practice of law and ordered to pay all relevant costs. We agree with and adopt the Board’s recommendation. Osborne, whose KBA member number is 90361 and whose bar roster address is P.O. Box 1027, Portsmouth, OH 45662, was admitted to the practice of law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky in October 2004.

Case No. 21899

Osborne was retained by Mr. Arlie Tharpe to represent him in a contract dispute in October, 2009. Mr. Tharpe paid…