Court Opinion

ID: 9925596
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-01-22 15:04:28.536231+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:21:19.978241
License: Public Domain

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS

                                        No. 124,868

                         In the Matter of BRADLEY A. PISTOTNIK,
                                        Petitioner.

                             ORDER OF REINSTATEMENT

       On July 8, 2022, this court suspended Bradley A. Pistotnik's Kansas law license
for one year under Supreme Court Rule 225(a)(3) (2023 Kan. S. Ct. R. at 281). The court
ordered that Pistotnik undergo a reinstatement hearing pursuant to Supreme Court Rule
232(e) (2023 Kan. S. Ct. R. at 294), before the court would consider any petition for
reinstatement. See In re Pistotnik, 316 Kan. 96, 512 P.3d 729 (2022).

       On July 10, 2023, Pistotnik petitioned the court for reinstatement under Rule
232(b). Upon finding sufficient time had passed for reconsideration of the suspension, the
court remanded the matter for further investigation by the Office of the Disciplinary
Administrator (ODA) and a reinstatement hearing. See Rule 232(c), (e)(1)(B).

       On November 27, 2023, a hearing panel of the Kansas Board for Discipline of
Attorneys conducted a hearing on Pistotnik's petition for reinstatement. Shortly
thereafter, the court received the hearing panel's Reinstatement Final Hearing Report. In
that report, the hearing panel concludes that Pistotnik presented clear and convincing
evidence to show the factors in Rule 232(e)(4) weigh in favor of reinstatement.
Accordingly, the panel recommends that the court grant Pistotnik's petition and reinstate
his law license.

       The court accepts and adopts the findings and recommendations of the hearing
panel, grants Pistotnik's petition for reinstatement, and reinstates Pistotnik's Kansas law
license.

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       The court further orders Pistotnik to pay all required reinstatement and registration
fees to the Office of Judicial Administration (OJA) and to complete all continuing legal
education requirements. See Supreme Court Rule 812 (2023 Kan. S. Ct. R. at 609)
(outlining CLE requirements following reinstatement of law license). The court directs
that once OJA receives proof of Pistotnik's completion of these conditions, it add
Pistotnik's name to the roster of attorneys actively engaged in the practice of law in
Kansas.

       Finally, the court orders the publication of this order in the official Kansas Reports
and the assessment of all costs herein to Pistotnik.

       Dated this 19th day of January 2024.

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