Title: In re Brooks

State: kansas

Issuer: Kansas Supreme Court

Document:

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS 
 
 
Bar Docket No. 14490 
 
In the Matter of YEHLEN D. BROOKS, f/k/a MARY YEHLEN BROOKS, 
Respondent. 
 
 
ORDER OF DISBARMENT 
 
 
In a letter signed February 14, 2015, addressed to the Clerk of the Appellate 
Courts, respondent Yehlen D. Brooks, f/k/a Mary Yehlen Brooks, an attorney 
admitted to practice law in Kansas, voluntarily surrendered her license to practice 
law in Kansas, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 217 (2014 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 
403). 
 
At the time the respondent surrendered her license, a formal hearing was 
pending regarding five docketed disciplinary complaints filed in connection with 
her practice of immigration law in California. The complaints alleged that the 
respondent violated Kansas Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1 (2014 Kan. Ct. R. 
Annot. 456) (competence); 1.3 (2014 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 475) (diligence); 1.4 
(2014 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 495) (communication); 1.5 (2014 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 
515) (fees); 1.15 (2014 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 567) (safekeeping property); 1.16 
(2014 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 583) (termination of representation); 8.1 (2014 Kan. Ct. 
R. Annot. 670) (bar admission and disciplinary matters); and 8.4 (2014 Kan. Ct. R. 
Annot. 680) (misconduct). 
 
This court, having examined the files of the office of the Disciplinary 
Administrator, finds that the surrender of the respondent's license should be 
accepted and that the respondent should be disbarred. 
 
 
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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Yehlen D. Brooks, f/k/a Mary Yehlen 
Brooks, be and she is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in Kansas, and her 
license and privilege to practice law are hereby revoked. 
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Appellate Courts strike the 
name of Yehlen D. Brooks, f/k/a Mary Yehlen Brooks from the roll of attorneys 
licensed to practice law in Kansas. 
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this order shall be published in the Kansas 
Reports, that the costs herein shall be assessed to the respondent, and that the 
respondent forthwith shall comply with Supreme Court Rule 218 (2014 Kan. Ct. 
R. Annot. 414). 
 
 
Dated this 2nd day of March, 2015.