Kris Kobach under investigation by Kansas Supreme Court disciplinary office

[dixiegrrrrl]

A disciplinary office operated by the Kansas Supreme Court has opened an investigation into Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach after receiving a complaint.


Keri Strahler, 47, of Topeka, said she received a letter over the weekend that says allegations she made against Kobach “will be investigated” and that an investigator would be in contact with her. Strahler said Monday that she has not yet heard from anyone at the court since receiving the letter Saturday.

Supreme Court spokeswoman Lisa Taylor said she could not confirm or comment on the investigation because proceedings in the Office of the Disciplinary Administrator are confidential, but she said complainants and respondents in investigations can release the information. The administrator “reviews complaints of misconduct against lawyers, conducts investigations, holds public hearings when appropriate, and recommends discipline to the Supreme Court in serious matters,” according to the office website.

http://cjonline.com/news/state-government/local/2017-07-17/kris-kobach-under-investigation-kansas-supreme-court

[awesomerwb1]

1. Hope the allegations have merit

and that racist lying sack of sh*t is disciplined and disbarred.

[Jim Lane]

4. A court has already fined Kobach $1,000 for his deceptive conduct.

Judges don't like being lied to. You can read about it here: "Judge fines Kobach over document he took to Trump meeting".

Now for the bad news: Although I'm not familiar with Kansas practice in attorney discipline, I'd be very, very surprised if Kansas would disbar an attorney for a single instance of what the linked article called "misleading representations to the court about the contents of documents." More likely would be a warning or a reprimand or whatever is their mildest punishment. Disbarment (at least in New York) is usually for stuff like stealing clients' money from escrow accounts.

[Gothmog]

2. Kobach is very unethical and so this will be fun to watch

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Apparently more than one lawsuit over him

Happy to see.