Court Opinion

ID: 4200079
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-08-30 16:09:14.408361+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:41:31.181703
License: Public Domain

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                                                            0 'lr~1ol~h480 S.W.3d 278 (Ky. 2016). By a vote of twelve to six, the Board recommended

that Sparks's suspension run consecutive to his prior discipline.

      Having reviewed the record, we agree that the Board reached the

appropriate conclusions as to Sparks's guilt. Sparks has not filed a notice with

this Court to review the Board's decision, and we do not elect to review the

decision of the Board under SCR 3.370(8). The decision of the Board is hereby

adopted under SCR 3.370(10).

      For the foregoing reasons, it is hereby ORDERED:

      1. David Thomas Sparks, is found guilty of violating SCR 3.130-l .4(a)(4);

SCR 3.130-1.16(d); and (3) SCR 3.130-8.l(b).

      2. Sparks is suspended from the practice of law for one-hundred-eighty-

one ( 181) days to run consecutive to the 181-day suspension ordered by this

Court on February 18, 2016. Should Sparks, thereafter, seek to have his

license restored, he must be processed by the Character and Fitness

Committee.

      3. Sparks will submit to an evaluation by KYLAP and successfully

complete any resulting course of recommended treatment.

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      4. Sparks will notify all necessary courts and clients of his one-hundred-

eighty-one (181) day suspension in accordance with SCR 3.390(b). Those

notifications will be made by letter placed in the United States mail within ten

(10) days from the date of this Opinion and qrder. Sparks will also

simultaneously provide a copy of all such letters to the Office of Bar Counsel.

Also, to the extent possible, Sparks will cancel and cease any advertising

activities in which he is engaged.

      5. As stated in SCR 3.390(a), this order will take effect on the 10th day

following its entry. Sparks is instructed to promptly take all reasonable steps

to protect the interests of his clients.

      6. Pursuant to SCR 3.390, Sparks will not, during the term of

suspension, accept new clients or collect unearned fees.

      7. Pursuant to SCR 3.450, Sparks is ordered to pay all costs associated

with this disciplinary proceeding, in the amount of $229.13, for which

execution may issue from this Court upon finality of this Opinion and Order.

      All sitting. All concur.

      ENTERED: September 22, 2016.

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