Case Name: In the Matter of Kenneth E. ALLEN, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1993-06-01
Citations: 314 S.C. 563
Docket Number: 23866
Parties: In the Matter of Kenneth E. ALLEN, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 314
Pages: 563–564

Head Matter:
23866
In the Matter of Kenneth E. ALLEN, Respondent.
(431 S.E. (2d) 577)
Supreme Court
Attorney Gen. T. Travis Medlock and Asst. Atty. Gen. James G. Bogle, Jr., Columbia, for complainant.
Kenneth E. Allen, pro se.
Submitted Apr. 26, 1993.
Decided June 1, 1993.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
This is an attorney disciplinary matter. We accept respondent's conditional admission and publicly reprimand him.
Respondent regularly practices law before the Alcoholic Beverage Commission (the Commission). He admits he made loans of $500 and $125 to a member of the Commission. The loans were repaid the following day. Respondent further admits that on two occasions he made arrangements to have a case of liquor donated to a Highway Department function.
Respondent pleaded nolo contendere to four counts of unlawfully giving a favor or service or item of value to a member or employee of a governmental regulatory agency or department that regulates a business with which he is associated. S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-490 (1986). He was sentenced to one year's probation and 300 hours of community service.
Respondent has violated Rule 8.4 of the Rules of Professional Conduct as delineated in Rule 407, SCACR. Under the facts of this matter, we find that a public reprimand is the appropriate sanction.
Public reprimand.