Case Title: Matter of Fink

Citation: 

Docket Number: 250, 2003

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2003-06-03T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
IN THE MATTER OF A 
MEMBER OF THE BAR OF 
THE SUPREME COURT OF 
DELAWARE: 
 
KENNETH E. FINK, 
 
Respondent.  
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§  No. 250, 2003 
§ 
§  Board on Professional Responsibility   
§  Case No. 14, 2000 
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Submitted: May 13, 2003 
 
 
 
 
  Decided: June 3, 2003 
 
Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, HOLLAND, and STEELE, Justices. 
 
O R D E R 
 
This 3rd day of June 2003, upon consideration of the parties’ 
Stipulation of Disbarment by Consent, it appears to the Court that: 
 
(1) 
On March 7, 2000, the respondent, Kenneth E. Fink, was 
suspended from the practice of law on an interim basis based on the Court’s 
finding that Fink had diverted client funds to his personal use.  During the 
course of its investigation of Fink’s purported theft of client funds, the 
Delaware Department of Justice executed a search warrant of Fink’s 
computer files and discovered a total of 194 visual depictions of children 
engaged in prohibited sexual acts. 
(2) 
The State charged Fink, in two separate indictments, with four 
counts of felony theft resulting from the conversion of client funds and with 
 
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fifteen counts of felony possession of child pornography and fifteen counts 
of felony unlawful dealing in material depicting a child engaging in a 
prohibited sexual act.  In March 2002, Fink was tried on the latter thirty 
felony counts and was convicted by a Superior Court jury of all thirty 
charges.  The Superior Court sentenced Fink to eight years at Level V 
incarceration to be followed by 35 years of probation.  This Court affirmed 
Fink’s convictions and sentences on direct appeal.1  Fink was separately 
tried on the four felony theft counts.  The jury was unable to reach a 
unanimous verdict, and the Superior Court granted Fink’s motion for a 
judgment of acquittal. 
(3) 
Given his convictions of serious crimes that reflect on his 
fitness as a lawyer,2 Fink, through his counsel, and the Office of Disciplinary 
Counsel have signed and submitted for the Court’s approval a stipulation 
seeking Fink’s disbarment from the practice of law without further 
proceedings. 
Having 
considered 
the 
parties’ 
stipulation 
and 
the 
circumstances of this case, the Court concludes that the stipulation to 
disbarment by consent should be accepted.  Fink’s misconduct clearly is 
serious enough to warrant disbarment without further proceedings.  
                                                 
1 Fink v. State, 817 A.2d 781 (Del. 2003). 
2 DEL. L.R. PROF. COND. 8.4(b). 
 
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Kenneth E. Fink is 
hereby DISBARRED from the practice of law in Delaware.  His name shall 
be stricken immediately from the roll of attorneys licensed to practice before 
the Courts of this State.  The Office of Disciplinary Counsel shall 
disseminate this Order in accordance with Rule 14 of the Delaware Lawyers’ 
Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BY THE COURT: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ E. Norman Veasey 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chief Justice