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High-profile attorney facing disbarment in Ky.
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2011/06/13 19:20
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The Kentucky Bar Association Board of Governors is preparing to decide the fate of class-action legal specialist Stan Chesley, the Cincinnati attorney known as the "Master of Disaster."
The board is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Tuesday at a Lexington hotel. A trial commissioner who recommended disbarment also wants Chesley to return $7.6 million of the $20 million he was paid in fees from a Boone County settlement for people sickened by the diet drug fen-phen. The commissioner called Chesley's behavior "shocking and reprehensible."
Chesley could appeal any disbarment to the Kentucky Supreme Court, which has the final say on disciplinary matters. Since Kentucky has a reciprocal agreement with Ohio, Chesley could lose his law license in Ohio if he is disbarred in Kentucky, the Kentucky Enquirer reports.
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