KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION V. ROBERT D. MEREDITH
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AS CORRECTED : AUGUST 29, 2006
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KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION
V.
MOVANT
IN SUPREME COURT
ROBERT D. MEREDITH
RESPONDENT
OPINION AND ORDER
The Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) charged Respondent, Robert D.
Meredith (KBA Member No. 47320), 100 E . White Oak Street, Leitchfield, Kentucky,
with violating SCR 3 .130-1 .3 and SCR 3.130-3.2 for improper handling of probate
matters of the Estate of William Edwin Belt. Meredith moves this Court to sanction him
by Public Reprimand . The KBA agrees, and we so order . Respondent does not dispute
that he violated the Rules of Professional Conduct as charged in KBA File 10385.
Respondent was hired by Boyce Belt, Sr. to probate the estate of his
brother, William Belt. On January 13, 1997, a Grayson District Court appointed
Respondent as the Administrator of the William E . Belt estate . Shortly thereafter,
Respondent filed an inventory on April 21, 1997 .
Respondent failed to timely file the annual accounting reports of the estate
with the Grayson District Court . Further, he filed the final settlement on December 28,
2005-almost nine years after the probate matter was opened. Respondent admits that
he violated SCR 3.130-1 .3 which provides that "a lawyer shall act with reasonable
diligence and promptness in representing a client ." Respondent violated this rule when
he failed to act diligently and promptly in handling the probate case of the Belt estate .
Also, Respondent admits that he violated SCR 3.130-3.2, which provides
that "a lawyer shall make reasonable efforts to expedite litigation consistent with the
interests of the client ." Respondent violated this rule when he failed to make
reasonable efforts to expedite the probate case of William Belt .
Upon the foregoing charges and facts, it is ordered that the Respondent's
Motion for Public Reprimand be granted . Therefore, it is ORDERED that:
1 . Respondent, Robert Meredith, is hereby publicly reprimanded for
violating SCR 3 .130-1 .3 and SCR 3.130-3.2.
2. In accordance with SCR 3.450, Meredith is directed to pay all costs
associated with these disciplinary proceedings in the amount of $26.06, for which
execution may issue from this Court upon finality of this Opinion and Order.
All concur.
ENTERED: August 24, 2006 .
COUNSEL FOR MOVANT:
Bruce K. Davis, Executive Director
Jay R . Garrett, Deputy Bar Counsel
Kentucky Bar Association
514 West Main Street
Frankfort, KY 40601
COUNSEL FOR RESPONDENT:
Robert D . Meredith
100 East White Oak Street
Leitchfield, KY 42754
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KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION
V.
MOVANT
IN SUPREME COURT
ROBERT D. MEREDITH
RESPONDENT
ORDER OF CORRECTION
The Opinion and Order entered August 24, 2006, is hereby corrected on
its face by substitution of the attached page 1 in lieu of the original page 1 of the
opinion and order. The purpose of this Order of Correction is to correct a citation error.
ENTERED : August 29, 2006.
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