Jason P. Price v. Kentucky Bar Association

Summary

The Kentucky Supreme Court considered whether to convert Jason P. Price’s private reprimand into a public reprimand after he failed to satisfy conditions requiring completion and payment for an Ethics and Professionalism Enhancement Program. The Court declined to hold the matter in abeyance and ordered that Price be publicly reprimanded.

Holdings

1. Because Price failed to pay for the Ethics and Professionalism Enhancement Program he attended and offered no excuse for that failure, the court converted the August 2014 private reprimand into a public reprimand.
2. Price's enrollment in a residential treatment program did not warrant holding the KBA's motion in abeyance because it did not excuse his failure to pay for the program he had already attended.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Price's failure to pay for the Ethics and Professionalism Enhancement Program he attended justified converting his private reprimand into a public reprimand.
2. Whether Price's enrollment in a residential treatment program warranted holding the Kentucky Bar Association's conversion motion in abeyance.

Disposition

other