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mentor acceptable to bar counsel, one that he is not employed by or 

practicing law with; (3) the mentor shall submit monthly reports to the 

State Bar detailing his or her contacts with Long, his or her impressions of 

Long, and other pertinent observations; (4) he not act as a solo practitioner 

while on probation; (5) Long's employers must provide quarterly reports to 

the State Bar and to the mentor regarding any issues pertinent to Long's 

practice of law; and (6) he pay the costs of the reinstatement proceedings. 

The panel also recommended that Long take continuing legal education 

courses in any area of law new to him before performing any legal work in 

that area, but did not make this a condition of Long's probation. 

SCR 116(2) requires that an attorney seeking reinstatement 

must 

demonstrat[e] by clear and convincing evidence that 

he or she has the moral qualifications, competency, 

and learning in law required for admission to 

practice law in this state, and that his or her 

resumption of the practice of law will not be 

detrimental to the integrity and standing of the bar, 

to the administration of justice, or to the public 

interest. 

While a disciplinary panel's recommendation is persuasive, we 

review a petition for reinstatement de novo. See In re Nubar Wright, 75 

Nev. 111, 335 P.2d 609 (1959). Having reviewed the record, we conclude 

that clear and convincing evidence supports the panel's findings and 

conclusions. We therefore approve the panel's recommendation that the 

petition be granted subject to conditions; however, we conclude that some 

of the conditions require modification and that the panel's 

recommendation regarding continuing legal education should be a formal 

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condition. Accordingly, the conditions of Long's reinstatement are as 

follows: 

(1) Long is placed on probation for 36 months from the date of 

this order; 

(2) Long must obtain a neutral mentor acceptable to bar 

counsel, one that he is not employed by or practicing law 

with, and Long's longtime personal friend, attorney Afshin 

Tadayon, may not act as such a mentor; 

(3) The mentor shall submit monthly reports to the State Bar 

detailing his or her contacts with Long, his or her 

impressions of Long, and other pertinent observations; 

(4) Long may not act as a solo practitioner while on probation; 

(5) Long's employers must provide quarterly reports to the 

State Bar and to the mentor regarding any issues 

pertinent to Longs practice of law, including the areas of 

law involved in his current caseload; 

(6) Long must take continuing legal education courses in any 

area of law new to him before performing any legal work 

in that area and be prepared to show his mentor and the 

State Bar proof of said CLE completion should one of his 

employer's reports detail that Long is handling a case 

outside of his normal experience; and 

(7) Long must pay the costs of the reinstatement proceedings 

within 30 days from the date of this order. 
Parraguirred 

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Accordingly, Kenneth Long is hereby reinstated to the practice of 

law, subject to the conditions set forth above. 

It is so ORDERED. 1 

, C.J. 

Pickering 

Hp..r,desty 

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Douglas 

cc: David Clark, Bar Counsel 

Jeffrey R. Albregts, Chair, Southern Nevada Disciplinary Board 

Kimberly K. Farmer, Executive Director, State Bar of Nevada 

William B. Terry, Chartered 

Perry Thompson, Admissions Office, United States Supreme Court 

'The Honorable Nancy Saitta, Justice, did not participate in the 

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CHERRY, J., dissenting: 

I would deny reinstatement at this time. Still glaring is that 

Long does not appear to accept full responsibility and accountability for 

what he has done by refusing to admit his dishonesty or that the senior 

citizen involved was in fact victimized by him. 

I am also disappointed that Long's conditions of reinstatement 

do not exclude him from representing elderly clients and do not mandate 

that he take continuing legal education in the area of elderly law.