KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION V. JAMES W. CONWAY
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MOVANT
KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION
V.
IN SUPREME COURT
JAMES W. CONWAY
RESPONDENT
ORDER CONFIRMING AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION
This matter is before the Court on the motion of the Kentucky Bar Association
(KBA) for an order confirming the automatic suspension pursuant to SCR 3.166 of
Respondent, James W . Conway, whose KBA member number is 14255, and whose bar
roster address is P.O. Box 189, 320 East Blue Lick Road, Shepherdsville, Kentucky
40165. The Court grants the motion in accordance with SCR 3 .166 due to
Respondent's guilty plea in the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Indiana .
On October 5, 2006, Respondent pleaded guilty to conspiring to engage and
attempt to engage in monetary transactions in criminally derived property that is of a
value greater than $10,000 in violation of 18 U.S .C. ยง 1956(h) . The offense is one for
which a sentence to a term of not more than twenty years in prison may be imposed .
Pursuant to SCR 3.166(1),
Any member of the Kentucky Bar Association who pleads guilty to a
felony, including a no contest plea or a plea in which the member allows
conviction but does not admit the commission of a crime, or is convicted
by a judge or jury of a felony, in this State or in any other jurisdiction, shall
be automatically suspended from the practice of law in this
Commonwealth . . . . The suspension shall take effect automatically
beginning on the day following the plea of guilty or finding of guilt by a
judge or jury or upon the entry of judgment whichever occurs first. The
suspension under this rule shall remain in effect until dissolved or
superseded by order of the Court.
The KBA's motion includes a copy of both the indictment and Respondent's plea
agreement .
Because Respondent pleaded guilty to a felony, he was automatically
suspended from the practice of law by action of SCR 3.166(1) on October 6, 2006, the
day after he entered his guilty plea . The purpose of this Order is to memorialize and
confirm the fact that Respondent was automatically suspended from the practice of law
in Kentucky by the action of SCR 3 .166(1) beginning one day after the entry of his guilty
plea .
Therefore, it is hereby ordered that:
1 . Respondent's automatic suspension from the practice of law in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, effective October 6, 2006, is confirmed and shall continue
until dissolved or superseded by subsequent order of this Court ;
2 . This Order shall be published for the information and benefit of all members of
the Bar and public;
3. Pursuant to SCR 3.166(4), Respondent shall notify all his clients in writing of
his inability to continue to represent them and shall furnish copies of all such letters to
the Director of the KBA, shall make arrangements to return all active files to the client or
new counsel, shall return all unearned attorney fees and client property to the client,
and shall advise the Director of such arrangements, if Respondent has not already done
so as required by the Rule within ten days of the plea of guilty ;
4 . Pursuant to SCR 3.166(5), Respondent shall immediately, to the extent
possible, cancel and cease any advertising activities in which he is engaged ; and
5. Pursuant to SCR 3.166(6), disciplinary proceedings against Respondent shall
be initiated by the Inquiry Commission pursuant to SCR 3.160, unless already begun or
unless he resigns under terms of disbarment.
All concur.
ENTERED: May 24, 2007 .
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