Case Title: KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION V. CHARLES EDWARD DANIEL

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Docket Number: 2018-SC-000348-KB

State: kentucky

Court: Kentucky Supreme Court

Date: 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z

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TO BE PUBLISHED 2018-SC-000348-KB KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION MOVANT V. IN SUPREME COURT CHARLES EDWARD DANIEL RESPONDENT OPINION AND ORDER On June 8, 2018, t he Te nne sse e Supre me Court found t hat Charle s Edward Danie P “violat e d Rule 8.4(b) and (c ) of t he Te nne sse e Rule s of Profe ssional Conduc t by misappropriat ing funds from his law part ne rship in a manne r int e nde d t o c onc e al his ac t ions from his law part ne rs.” As a re sult , t he Court impose d t he following disc ipline upon Danie l: t hre e ye ars ’ suspe nsion, wit h one ye ar t o be se rve d on ac t ive suspe nsion and t he re maining t wo ye ars on probat ion. The Ke nt uc ky Bar Assoc iat ion (“KBA”) t he n pe t it ione d t his Court for re c iproc al disc ipline on July 10, 2018. The KBA re que st e d t hat t his Court orde r Danie l t o show c ause why t his Court should not impose re c iproc al disc ipline . 1 KBA Numbe r 83148; Bar Rost e r Addre ss 825 Fre e ls Ln., Knoxville , TN 37922-4238. and, in t he e ve nt t he Court finds suc h c ause lac king, t hat t his Court e nt e r an orde r imposing ide nt ic al disc ipline . On July 12, 2018, t he Court e nt e re d an orde r mandat ing t hat Danie l “wit hin t we nt y (20) days of t he dat e of t he e nt ry of t his orde r . . . show c ause why he should not be suspe nde d from t he prac t ic e of law for t hre e (3) ye ars, wit h one (1) ye ar t o be se rve d on ac t ive suspe nsion and t he re maining t wo (2) ye ars on probat ion, as c onsist e nt wit h an orde r of ide nt ic al disc ipline from t he Supre me Court of Te nne sse e .” Danie l ne ve r re sponde d. Ke nt uc ky Supre me Court Rule (“SCR”) 3.435(4) st at e s: Upon t he e xpirat ion of t hirt y (30) days from t he se rvic e of t he not ic e issue d pursuant t o t he provisions of (2) above , t his Court shall impose t he ide nt ic al disc ipline unle ss Re sponde nt prove s by subst ant ial e vide nc e : (a) a lac k of j urisdic t ion or fraud in t he out -of-st at e disc iplinary proc e e ding, or (b) t hat misc onduc t e st ablishe d warrant s subst ant ially diffe re nt disc ipline in t his St at e . (c ) In all ot he r re spe c t s, a final adj udic at ion in anot he r j urisdic t ion t hat an at t orne y has be e n guilt y of misc onduc t shall e st ablish c onc lusive ly t he misc onduc t for purpose s of a disc iplinary proc e e ding in t his St at e . By failing t o re spond t o t his Court ’s show c ause orde r, Danie l has faile d t o me e t his burde n in proving e it he r a lac k of j urisdic t ion of t he Te nne sse e Supre me Court ove r his disc iplinary proc e e ding in Te nne sse e unde r SCR 3.435(a) or t hat his misc onduc t warrant s subst ant ially diffe re nt disc ipline in Ke nt uc ky unde r SCR 3.435(b). The re fore , in ac c ordanc e wit h t he mandat e of SCR 3.435(c ), t he Court shall impose re c iproc al disc ipline on Danie l. This de c ision is in ac c ordanc e wit h KBA v. Kleinsmith, whe re t his Court issue d 2 re c iproc al disc ipline for t he Re sponde nt ’s failure t o “t ime ly show suffic ie nt c ause .”2 It he re by is ORDERED t hat : 1. Charle s Edward Danie l is he re by suspe nde d from t he prac t ic e of law in Ke nt uc ky for t hre e ye ars, wit h one ye ar t o be se rve d on ac t ive suspe nsion and t he re maining t wo ye ars on probat ion, as c onsist e nt wit h an orde r of suspe nsion from t he Supre me Court of Te nne sse e e nt e re d on June 8, 2018; and 2. In ac c ordanc e wit h SCR 3.450, Danie l must pay all c ost s assoc iat e d wit h t he se proc e e dings; and 3. Unde r SCR 3.390, Danie l shall, wit hin t e n days from t he e nt ry of t his Opinion and Orde r, not ify all c lie nt s, in writ ing, of his inabilit y t o re pre se nt t he m; not ify, in writ ing, all c ourt s in whic h he has mat t e rs pe nding of his suspe nsion from t he prac t ic e of law; and furnish c opie s of all le t t e rs of not ic e t o t he Offic e of Bar Counse l. Furt he rmore , t o t he e xt e nt possible , Danie l shall imme diat e ly c anc e land c e ase any adve rt ising ac t ivit ie s in whic h he is e ngage d. All sit t ing. All c onc ur. ENTERED: Nove mbe r 1, 2018. :h^k/justice f 541 S.W.3d 513, 514 (Ky. 2018).