In re Black

Per Curiam-.

We are presented with a contested proceeding in discipline filed by the office of the Disciplinary Administrator against Thomas V. Black, an attorney licensed to practice law in Kansas since 1990. Black was elected county attorney in Pratt County in 1996 and was re-elected in 2000, serving until November 2003. The Disciplinary Administrators April 2006 complaint against Black involved his handling of informal traffic diversion funds in his capacity as county attorney.

Black implemented the informal diversion program for traffic offenders, commonly referred to as a “pay and dismiss”…