Court Opinion

ID: 9568671
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:06:28.399202+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T10:55:17.171646
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Abbott, J.,
dissenting:
Respondent’s problem in this case took place during the same time period and is of the same nature as that for which he was put on probation in In re Johnson, 257 Kan. 946, 895 P.2d 1256 (1995). He appears to be benefiting from medical treatment and is in a better position to be rehabilitated now than when we put him on probation in June 1995. The facts in this case occurred between July 1993 and September 1995, when a formal complaint was filed.
Certainly respondent has become a nuisance to this court, but it seems to me that the only thing he has done wrong since we placed him on probation is fail to return the $500 fee. That sum is in his lawyer’s trust account, and we can make the client whole by requiring interest to be paid, as well as any additional costs the client has incurred.
In light of his medical report and the fact that the unprofessional conduct at issue occurred at the same time as that in his last case, I would return him to supervised probation. If he is then unable or unwilling to perform as he should, I would vote to disbar him.
Lockett, J., joins in the foregoing dissent.