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Kentucky Bar Association's chief disciplinary counsel ousted
Written by Andrew Wolfson
The Kentucky Bar Association’s chief disciplinary counsel, Linda Gosnell, who investigated the state’s fen-phen scandal and won the disbarment of several lawyers, has been ousted from her position.
Kentucky Bar Association President Margaret Keane said Monday night that “Gosnell is no longer employed by the bar association.”
Keane declined to elaborate.
Asked why she was forced out, Gosnell said in a phone interview Monday night: “You’ll have to ask the KBA. I’m not going to talk to you.”
Retired Judge Stan Billingsley reported Monday on his blog LawReader that Gosnell was fired.
He speculated that that she may have been ousted because of information revealed in the fen-phen case after a federal judge ordered an accounting of money collected from disbarred lawyers William Gallion, Shirley Cunningham Jr. and Melbourne Mills Jr.
U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves ordered Lexington lawyer Angela Ford to provide the accounting to the U.S. attorney’s office in Lexington and last week a federal appeals court declined to intervene.
Ford said Monday night that she didn't know why Gosnell was ousted but that it had nothing to do with the accounting she made.
Gosnell was appointed chief bar counsel in 2003 after Ben Cowgill resigned suddenly.
The bar counsel prosecutes disciplinary cases. Gosnell won the recommended disbarment of renowned Cincinnati lawyer Stan Chesley for his role in the fen-phen case.
Gosnell was acting as disciplinary counsel as recently as Friday in hearings before the board, but her name was stripped Monday from the KBA's web site.
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Written by Andrew Wolfson
The Kentucky Bar Association’s chief disciplinary counsel, Linda Gosnell, who investigated the state’s fen-phen scandal and won the disbarment of several lawyers, has been ousted from her position.
Kentucky Bar Association President Margaret Keane said Monday night that “Gosnell is no longer employed by the bar association.”
Keane declined to elaborate.
Asked why she was forced out, Gosnell said in a phone interview Monday night: “You’ll have to ask the KBA. I’m not going to talk to you.”
Retired Judge Stan Billingsley reported Monday on his blog LawReader that Gosnell was fired.
He speculated that that she may have been ousted because of information revealed in the fen-phen case after a federal judge ordered an accounting of money collected from disbarred lawyers William Gallion, Shirley Cunningham Jr. and Melbourne Mills Jr.
U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves ordered Lexington lawyer Angela Ford to provide the accounting to the U.S. attorney’s office in Lexington and last week a federal appeals court declined to intervene.
Ford said Monday night that she didn't know why Gosnell was ousted but that it had nothing to do with the accounting she made.
Gosnell was appointed chief bar counsel in 2003 after Ben Cowgill resigned suddenly.
The bar counsel prosecutes disciplinary cases. Gosnell won the recommended disbarment of renowned Cincinnati lawyer Stan Chesley for his role in the fen-phen case.
Gosnell was acting as disciplinary counsel as recently as Friday in hearings before the board, but her name was stripped Monday from the KBA's web site.
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