KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION V. DANA LEA B. QUESINBERRY
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KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION
V.
MOVANT
IN SUPREME COURT
DANA LEA B . QUESINBERRY
RESPONDENT
OPINION AND ORDER
The Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) has moved this Court to enter an order
imposing a thirty (30) day suspension against Dana L. Quesinberry, whose KBA
member number is 85504, for violating the terms of her probation . Quesinberry was
admitted to practice law in this Commonwealth on October 21, 1994, and her last
known address is P.O. Box 457, Morehead, Kentucky 40351 . Due to Quesinberry's
failure to respond to the show cause order entered by this Court on January 24, 2008,
we agree with the KBA's recommendation and therefore enter an order suspending
Dana Quesinberry from the practice of law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky for a
period of thirty (30) days.
On June 7, 2004, the Inquiry Commission properly served a complaint on Dana
Quesinberry alleging three violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct in connection
with her appellate representation of Patricia Ann Johnson Keenan and Joseph Keenan .
After Quesinberry filed a response on July 20, 2004, the Inquiry Commission issued a
three-count charge against her on August 25, 2005, which alleged the violation of the
following rules : SCR 3 .130-1 .3, SCR 3.130-1 .4(a); and SCR 3 .130-3 .4(c). Quesinberry
was eventually granted an extension to respond to the charges against her, and on May
1, 2006, her case was submitted to the Board of Governors for review . The Board of
Governors found Quesinberry guilty of all three charges by a vote of 12 to 0.
Pursuant to this Court's October 19, 2006 Order, Quesinberry was adjudicated
guilty of (1) failure to act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a
client in violation of SCR 3.130-1 .3; (2) failure to communicate with her clients in
violation of SCR 3 .130-1 .14(a); and (3) disobeying obligations to a tribunal of the
Commonwealth in violation of SCR 3.130-3 .4(c). In setting Quesinberry's penalty, her
30-day suspension from the practice of law was probated for one year on the condition
that she attend four hours of remedial ethics training in the area of case management
and seek approval from the Office of Bar Counsel prior to beginning her training . At the
expiration of her year-long probation, Quesinberry had failed to notify the Office of Bar
Counsel and had made no attempt to show that she had completed any of her required
ethics training. Due to Quesinberry's failure to comply with herprobation conditions, on
January 24, 2008, this Court entered an order requiring Dana Quesinberry to show
cause on or before February 25, 2008, as to why a thirty (30) day suspension should
not be imposed for a violation of the terms of her probation . To date, Quesinberry has
not responded to this Court's January 24 Order.
Therefore, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1 . Dana L. Quesinberry, KBA Member No. 85504, is suspended from the
practice of law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky for a period of thirty (30) days.
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2 . Pursuant to SCR 3 .450, Quesinberry is ordered to pay all costs associated
with these disciplinary proceedings, said sum being $647.41, and for which execution
may issue from this Court upon finality of this Opinion and Order.
All sitting . All concur.
Entered : April 24, 2008.
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