KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION V. JAMES GREGORY TROUTMAN
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KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION
V.
MOVANT
IN SUPREME COURT
JAMES GREGORY TROUTMAN
RESPONDENT
OPINION AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on the motion of the Kentucky Bar
Association (KBA) for an order of temporary suspension of the Respondent, James
Gregory Troutman, KBA Member No. 84473, whose bar roster address is
4000 Abbeywood Village Drive ; Louisville, Kentucky 40241 . The Court grants the
motion in accordance with Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 3.166 due to Troutman's felony
convictions in the Jefferson Circuit Court .
On January 25, 2007, Troutman pled guilty to, among other things, two
counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree and one count of criminal mischief in
the first degree. Both wanton endangerment in the first degree and criminal mischief in
the first degree are Class D felonies. Troutman was granted pretrial diversion .
Under SCR 3.166(1), "[a]ny 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 imposition of
probation, parole, diversion or any other type of discharge prior to the service of
sentence, if one is imposed, shall not affect the automatic suspension. 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 ."
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED :
(1)
That Troutman was suspended from the practice of law in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky from January 26, 2007, the day following his plea of guilty ;
(2)
That this suspension will continue until superseded by another
order of this Court ; and
(3)
That in accordance with SCR 3.166(4) and 3 .390, Troutman shall,
within ten days from the entry of this Opinion and Order, notify, in writing, all courts in
which he may have matters pending and all clients for whom, he is actively involved in
legal representation of his inability to provide further legal services ; and he shall furnish
the Executive Director of the KBA with a copy of all such letters . Furthermore,
Troutman shall make arrangements to return all active files to the clients or to new
counsel, shall return all unearned attorney fees and client property to the client, and
shall advise the Executive Director of the KBA of such arrangements within the same
ten-day period . Furthermore, to the extent possible, Troutman shall immediately cancel
and cease any advertising activities in which he is engaged .
All concur.
ENTERED: March 22, 2007.
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