Title: In re Van Note
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 16327
State: Kansas
Issuer: Kansas Supreme Court
Date: August 26, 2020

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS 
 
Bar Docket No. 16327 
 
 
 In the Matter of SUSAN ELIZABETH VAN NOTE, 
Respondent. 
 
ORDER OF DISBARMENT 
 
In 2012, the Disciplinary Administrator initiated an investigation of the respondent 
Susan Elizabeth Van Note, an attorney admitted to the practice of law in the state of 
Kansas, after she was charged in Missouri with two counts of murder. That investigation 
resulted in the Disciplinary Administrator alleging the respondent committed professional 
misconduct in violation of Kansas Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4 (2020 Kan. S. Ct. R. 
394).  
 
On November 21, 2012, this court temporarily suspended respondent's license to 
practice law during the pendency of the disciplinary proceedings pursuant to Supreme 
Court Rule 203(b) (2011 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 280). Respondent's license remains 
temporarily suspended. 
 
In 2017, a jury acquitted respondent of the murder charges. A wrongful death 
lawsuit also pending against the respondent was subsequently settled, and the Missouri 
Supreme Court disbarred the respondent from the practice of law in Missouri.  
 
In a letter signed by the respondent on July 21, 2020, addressed to the Clerk of the 
Appellate Courts, the respondent voluntarily surrendered her license to practice law in 
Kansas pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 217(b) (2020 Kan. S. Ct. R. 263). 
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This court finds that the surrender of the respondent's license should be accepted 
and that the respondent should be disbarred. 
 
 
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Susan Elizabeth Van Note 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 
Susan Elizabeth Van Note 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 (2020 Kan. S. Ct. R. 265). 
 
Dated this 26th day of August 2020.