Case Title: Matter of Keil

Citation: 248 Kan. 629, 809 P.2d 531

Docket Number: 66027

State: kansas

Court: Kansas Supreme Court

Date: 1991-04-12T00:00:00Z

Document:
809 P.2d 531 (1991)
248 Kan. 629
In the Matter of Brad L. KEIL, Respondent.
No. 66027.

Supreme Court of Kansas.
April 12, 1991.
Bruce E. Miller, Disciplinary Adm'r, argued the cause and was on formal complaints, for petitioner.
Brad L. Keil, pro se.
Robert A. Schartz, American Attys. Associated, Wichita, argued the cause, for respondent.
PER CURIAM:
This is an original attorney discipline proceeding filed by the Office of the Disciplinary Administrator against Brad L. Keil, of Wichita, Kansas.
At the formal hearing herein, held November 12, 1990, the respondent admitted the factual allegations contained in the five-count amended formal complaint and the violations of disciplinary rules set forth therein (cases Nos. B4527, B4563, B4568, B4579, and B4582). The complained of conduct is very similar in each case. In each, respondent agreed to represent a client, accepted a retainer for such representation, and failed to perform the professional services. The specific facts in each case, as set forth in the amended formal complaint, are as follows:
Respondent's professional misconduct arose from alcoholism. On July 21, 1989, his petition to be placed on disability inactive status was granted by this court. He subsequently entered St. Joseph's Hospital Alcohol Treatment Unit, in Wichita, and was discharged therefrom on November 28, 1989. On October 23, 1990, this court entered an order directing "that respondent Brad L. Keil be restored to active status and temporarily suspended from the practice of law pending the resolution of the five pending disciplinary actions, which are hereby reinstated."
The disciplinary panel found:
*533 The panel then recommended that respondent be reinstated to the practice of law subject to being on probation for two years and compliance with the recommended conditions. After careful consideration, we accept the panel's recommendations subject to some minor modifications.
IT IS THE ORDER OF THE COURT that Brad L. Keil is hereby reinstated to the practice of law in the State of Kansas upon the following terms and conditions:
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this order be published in the Kansas Reports and the respondent pay the costs of this proceeding.