Click here for prior pages from the Kentucky Court Report posting attorney disciplinary matters. The Disciplinary Actions can be found at pages 10-11 of the September 2015 SCOKY minutes.
Disciplinary matters with links to the full text of the action are below, dated September 24, 2015. The links below are to the complete decision in PDF at the Administrative Office of the Courts.
KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION VS. RUSSELL W. BURGIN
Order of Suspension From the Practice of Law for 1 Year With Conditions.
Russell W. Burgin was admitted to the practice of law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky on May 1, 2001. His Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) number is 88688 and his bar roster addreSs is 1249 South Main St., Ste. 3, London, Kentucky 40741. The KBA’s Board of Governors considered a total of seven counts against Burgin in this matter; the charge reached the Board as a default case pursuant to SCR 3.210. The Board unanimously found Burgin guilty of all seven counts. As for disciplinary action, thirteen of the members of the Board voted that Burgin be suspended from the practice of law for one year, such suspension to run consecutively to any current suspension, and five members voted for a five-year suspension to be served consecutively to any current suspension.
KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION VS. JOHN D. T. BRADY
Order of Suspension From the Practice of Law for 5 Years With Conditions.
Respondent, John D.T. Brady, was admitted to the practice of law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky on May 1, 2007. Respondent’s Kentucky Bar Association (“KBA”) Member Number is 91731 and his bar roster address is 151 Lovett Park Lane, Georgetown, Kentucky 40324. In 2014, the KBA Inquiry Commission issued three separate disciplinary Charges against Respondent in KBA File Numbers 22391, 22639, and 22691. The three Charges were consolidated into one disciplinary action, which has since reached the KBA Board of Governors (the “Board”) by default. On May 18, 2015, the Board issued its Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Recommendation. The Board ultimately found Respondent guilty of committing nine of the thirteen alleged disciplinary infractions, and recommended a suspension from the practice of law for a period of five (5) years, to run consecutively with any other discipline already imposed.
MATTHEW D. BOWMAN VS. KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION
Order of Suspension From the Practice of Law for 30 Days Probated For 1 Year With Conditions.
Pursuant to SCR 3.480(2), the negotiated sanction rule, Movant, Matthew D. Bowman,’ moves this Court to impose upon him a thirty day suspension, to be probated for one year, conditioned upon Movant incurring no further disciplinary charges; and further conditioned upon Movant completing the Ethics and Professional Enhancement Program within one year. The Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) has no objection to Movant’s request.
While Movant was employed as a civilian attorney working for the United States Army at Fort Knox, he knowingly provided a false statement to an agent of the Department of Defense, Office of the Inspector General. In May 2010, Movant pled guilty to a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1018, Official Certificates or Writings. 2Based upon the maximum possible penalty provided for the offense, it would be classified as a misdemeanor under Kentucky law. As a result of this guilty plea, Movant was sentenced to pay a $25.00 court cost fee and to serve one year on probation.
As a result of the above conduct, the Inquiry Commission charged Movant with having violated SCR 3.130(8.4)(b) 3for professional misconduct in committing “a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer’s honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects.”
COURT ORDERS PERMITTING THE FOLLOWING ATTORNEYS TO WITHDRAW AS A MEMBER OF THE KBA
- Martha Turner Hamann
- David Eugene Cotey
- Julie Niehoff Huss
- James R. Elkins
