Busted! Another Kansas Attorney Bites Dust!

 

Phill Kline, former Attorney General of Kansas, just lost his license to practice law indefinitely, in Kansas, because of unethical conduct while he represented the state of Kansas during his "reign" as Attorney General. It seems that most of the complaints filed against him involved his obsession with womens' medicine, specifically reproductive rights and obstetric needs, and undue attention given to any clinic that offered therapeutic abortion. The items for which the Kansas Bar Association did not particularly care include, but are not limited to: giving false testimony to a judge, making false statements to the Supreme Court, allowing a member of his staff to take medical records from a clinic to her home for several weeks and stating that the records were being kept in a secure facility! (so much for doctor/patient confidentiality and hipaa) He was also faulted for seeking a subpoena from the Grand Jury without informing them of the actual law in the involved case; in other words, he wanted them to grant him carte blanche in a matter with no regard for the law. Today, in a surprising decision, the Kansas Bar Association has determined that it might not be a good idea for such an attorney to continue to practice law. Who could possibly have seen that coming?

In addition to the above unethical conduct, "the court found Friday that when he was attorney general, Kline committed misconduct by instructing members of his staff to attach sealed documents to a publicly filed document in violation of a Supreme Court order. He also told staff to file a court pleading that contained misleading information."

Whoa! Wait a minute! Back up the truck.............

Is it really unlawful and unethical for a prosecutor to file court pleadings that contain misleading information? Say it ain't so! Has anyone told the prosecutor in Marshall County? Hahaha! But seriously, folks, Kline was found to have committed eleven serious ethical violations since 2003. It's a shame the Kansas Bar Association did not seek disbarment.

 

Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2013/10/18/3065275/kansas-supreme-court-indefinitely.html#storylink=cpy

How To File An Official Complaint About Laura Johnson McNish

Laura Johnson McNish is the county attorney for Marshall County, Kansas. During the past three years that she has served in this post, she has violated the civil rights and personal rights of many Kansas citizens and has ignored the law, favoring bullying tactics over courtroom skill. Verbal complaints about her performance can be found and heard all over Marshall County, but quite a few citizens do not realize that they can file a complaint, very easily, with the Kansas Bar Association. Here is a link to the official Complaint Form provided by the Kansas Bar Association. It is easy to fill out, and when you are finished, all you have to do is print it, sign it, and send the hard copy via snail mail to:
            

              Kansas Bar Association,
              Stanton A. Hazlatt,
              Disciplinary Administrator,
              701 Jackson Street, 1st Floor
              Topeka, Kansas, 66603-3729

Complaints, especially in large numbers, are taken very seriously by state bar associations. Anyone who writes a letter when an official abuses authority is doing the rest of the community a favor. No one should have to suffer injustice, justice denied, or abuses of a prosecuting attorney. Also, a prosecutor should not use the time and resources of the taxpayers for personal revenge, while the actual needs of the taxpayers get ignored. Writing a letter of complaint to the Bar Association does not confer a negative label to the writer, it simply means that the writer cares about community, and wishes to correct inbalence within the government structure, such as it is.