KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION V. DONALD A. MAZE
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KENTUCKY BAR ASSOCIATION
V.
MOVANT
IN SUPREME COURT
DONALD A. MAZE
RESPONDENT
OPINION AND ORDER
The Kentucky Bar Association (KBA) requests this Court to enter an Order
confirming the automatic temporary suspension of Donald A. Maze, KBA member
number 82100, pursuant to SCR 3.166. Maze was admitted to the practice of law in
this Commonwealth on October 30, 1987, and last resided in Owingsville, Kentucky.
Due to Maze's guilty plea in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
Kentucky at Lexington, this Court grants the KBA's motion to confirm Maze's temporary
suspension .
On February 13, 2007, Maze pled guilty to violating 42 U.S.C. § 1973i and 18
U .S.C. § 1621 as set forth in Counts 1 and 2 of his indictment. Maze's indictment
states the essential elements of 42 U .S.C. § 1973i and 18 U.S .C . § 1621, as follows :
a) That the Defendant aided, abetted, counseled and induced two individuals
to pay and offer to pay persons for voting in an election held in part to
elect a candidate for the office of a Member of the United States House of
Representatives in violation of 42 U .S .C . § 1973i .
b) That the Defendant, having taken an oath to testify truthfully in a
proceeding before a United States grand jury investigating allegations of
election fraud in the May 2006 primary election in Bath County, Kentucky,
knowingly made false, material declarations and statements in violation of
18 U .S.C. § 1621 .
Maze's indictment also states that the statutory punishment for each count is no more
than five years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, and three years supervised release .
Pursuant to this statutory guideline, on July 9, 2007, Maze was sentenced to a term of
21 months imprisonment, a $50,000 fine, and two years supervised release .
SCR 3.166(1) provides that :
Any member of the Kentucky Bar Association who pleads guilty to a
felony . . . in this State or in any other jurisdiction, shall be automatically
suspended from the practice of law in this Commonwealth . `Felony'
means an offense for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment of at
least one (1) year was imposed . . . . 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or superseded by order of the Court .
In accordance with SCR 3.166(1), Maze was temporarily suspended beginning on
February 14, 2007, the day following his guilty plea.
Therefore, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1 . Donald A. Maze's automatic temporary suspension is hereby confirmed,
pursuant to SCR 3 .166, effective from February 14, 2007, until superseded
by subsequent Order.
2 . Notice and publication of this Order is granted for the benefit of all members
of the bar and public.
3. Maze shall immediately, to the extent reasonably possible, cancel and cease
any advertising activities in which he is engaged .
4. If he has not already done so, Maze shall, in compliance with the provisions
of SCR 3.390, notify in writing all clients and all Courts in which he has
matters pending of his inability to practice law within ten days of the entry of
this Opinion and Order. Maze is further directed to provide a copy of said
letters to the Director of the Kentucky Bar Association .
All sitting, except Cunningham, J ., not sitting . All concur.
Entered : January 24, 2008
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