In Re Lucas’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. ““3. When a lawyer ‘engage[s] in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation,’ a lawyer has engaged in professional misconduct as proscribed by KRPC 8.4(c). “4. Kan. Sup. Ct. R. 202 provides that: ‘A certificate of conviction of an attorney for any crime or of a civil judgment based on clear and convincing evidence shall be conclusive evidence of the commission of that crime or civil wrong in any disciplinary proceeding instituted against said attorney based upon the conviction or judgment. A diversion agreement, for the purposes of any disciplinary proceeding, shall be deemed a conviction of the crimes originally charged.’ Id. (emphasis added). Based upon the Diversion Agreement, and pursuant to Kan. Sup. Ct. R. 202, the Respondent is deemed ‘convicted’ of falsely impersonating a lawyer. Because committing that crime necessarily requires that the Respondent 'engage[dj in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation,’ the Hearing Panel concludes that the Respondent violated of KRPC 8.4(c). “5. The Respondent also violated KRPC 8.4(c) when he failed to inform Mr. Karr, tire Municipal Prosecutor, and the Municipal Court that he was suspended from the practice of law. “6. KRPC 5.5 provides that ‘[a] lawyer shall not . . . practice law in a jurisdiction where doing so violates the regulation of the legal profession in that jurisdiction.’ Id. “7. K.S.A. 8-2118(b) provides as follows: ‘Prior to the time specified in the notice to appear, a pe”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Lucas