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KENTUCKY BARASSOCIATION
V. IN SUPREME COURT
BRUCE D. ATHERTON RESPONDENT KBA MEMBERSHIP NO. 02127
OPINIONAND ORDER
Pursuant to SCR3.166, the Kentucky BarAssociation (KBA) requests
that this Court enter an order confirming the automatic suspension of
Respondent, Bruce D. Atherton, from the practice of law due to his recent plea
of guilty to a felony offense. The KBA's request is granted.
Respondent, whose last known bar roster address is Bruce D. Atherton &
Associates, 455 S. 4th Street, Suite 1450, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, was
admitted to the practice of law on September 20, 1979. On September 2, 2009,
he entered a guilty plea in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania to the felony offense of accessory after the fact to a conspiracy to
commit mail and wire fraud.
SCR3.166(1) provides that any member of the KBAwhopleads guilty to
a felony shall be automatically suspended from the practice of law in this
Commonwealth, and that the suspension shall take effect automatically beginning on the day following the plea of guilty. The suspension under this rule shall remain in effect until dissolved or superseded by order of this Court.
Upon the foregoing facts, it is ordered that:
1 . The automatic suspension of Respondent, Bruce D. Atherton, KBA Membership No. 02127, from the practice of law in Kentucky beginning
nn eptemher 3, 2000, is herelny onn-Firmerul . Said suspension ,cliah remain effective until dissolved or superseded by subsequent order of this Court.
2. Pursuant to SCR3.166(4) and SCR3.390, Respondent is required to notify all clients in writing of his inability to continue to represent them and to furnish copies of such letters to the Director of the KBA. In the event Respondent has failed to comply with the foregoing requirement, such letters shall be sent forthwith.

3. Pursuant to SCR3.166(5), Respondent is hereby ordered to immediately cancel and cease any advertising activity in which he is engaged.

4.
The exhibits contained in the record of this matter are hereby sealed. All sitting. All concur. ENTERED: October 29, 2009.

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