Buehner v. Kentucky Bar Association

Summary

The Supreme Court of Kentucky approved a consensual discipline agreement involving Constance L. Buehner, formerly Connie Lee Runner. The Court publicly reprimanded her for violating SCR 3.130-8.3(b) and imposed a thirty-day suspension, probated for one year, based on her Alford plea to unsworn falsification to authorities. The Court also ordered her to pay $38.80 in disciplinary costs.

Holdings

1. The court approved the proposed sanction under SCR 3.480(2), publicly reprimanding Runner and suspending her from practice for thirty days, probated for one year on the specified condition.
2. Runner violated SCR 3.130-8.3(b).

Questions Presented

1. Whether the Supreme Court of Kentucky should approve the parties' proposed consensual attorney-discipline sanction under SCR 3.480(2).
2. Whether a public reprimand and a thirty-day suspension probated for one year were adequate discipline for violating SCR 3.130-8.3(b), given Runner's prior six-month automatic temporary suspension.

Disposition

approved