Nelson, Matter of

• Decision Date: 22 March 1984
• Citation: 679 P.2d 1152,235 Kan. 5
• Parties: In the Matter of Robert D. NELSON.
• Court: Kansas Supreme Court

Page 1152

679 P.2d 1152

235 Kan. 5

In the Matter of Robert D. NELSON.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

March 22, 1984.

ORDER OF DISBARMENT

WHEREAS, on the 25th day of May, 1983, Robert D. Nelson was indefinitely suspended from the practice of law in the State of Kansas, [see State v. Nelson, 233 Kan. 473, 663 P.2d 303 (1983) ], and

WHEREAS, on or about the 19th day of August, 1983, Arno Windscheffel, Disciplinary Administrator, filed an additional complaint against Robert D. Nelson charging neglect of a legal matter in the criminal appeal of one James L. Chamberlain, and

WHEREAS, State v. Chamberlain, 234 Kan. 422, 672 P.2d 604 (1983), was decided by this court December 2, 1983, and

WHEREAS, on the 12th day of December, 1983, the date set for the hearing of the disciplinary complaint, Robert D. Nelson, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule No. 217, voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law in the State of Kansas.

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Robert D. Nelson be and he is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the State of Kansas, and the Clerk of the Appellate Courts is directed to strike his name from the rolls of attorneys admitted to practice law in Kansas.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this order shall be published in the official Kansas Reports.