Court Opinion

ID: 9627171
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 08:37:05.380428+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:06:41.238523
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion By
Justice MINTON.
I respectfully dissent. By his own admission, Hardin failed to appear at scheduled hearings seven times in one case over a period of approximately one year; and he repeatedly failed to comply with the trial court’s discovery orders. Because of this pattern of repeatedly disobeying trial court discovery orders and sanctions, failing to act with diligence in representing his client, and failing to extend professional courtesy toward opposing counsel and the trial court, I do not find that substantially different discipline is warranted in Kentucky. We have punished similar misconduct with similar suspensions in other cases. Naturally, each case will be factually unique; but under these facts, I cannot find that “substantially different discipline” is warranted under Kentucky law. And, in the interest of comity, I would impose discipline identical to that imposed by the Supreme Court of West Virginia.
SCHRODER, J., joins this dissenting opinion.