Published: February 28, 2008 04:29 pm            

Victims of former Grayson attorney's misconduct reimbursed

Feb. 27, 2008 — The lawyers of Kentucky, through the Clients’ Security Fund created by the Kentucky Supreme Court, have awarded a total sum of $24,606.60 to 22 citizens of Carter County and surrounding areas. The sums were awarded when those clients requested reimbursement for sums, which were misappropriated by attorney Maxwell Lee Hammond. On December 20, 2007, Hammond, who was temporarily suspended by the Supreme Court of Kentucky on August 2006, and was suspended for five years, is the subject of a recommendation by the KBA Board of Governors to be permanently disbarred which is pending at the Supreme Court.

The Clients’ Security Fund was created and is funded by the Bar dues of all Kentucky lawyers to help victims of theft. It does not cover claims of malpractice or other problems with lawyers. The Fund is administered by the Kentucky Bar Association in Frankfort. The function of the Fund is “to promote public confidence in the administration of justice and the integrity of the legal profession by reimbursing losses caused by the dishonest conduct of lawyers …arising out of a lawyer-client relationship between the lawyer and the claimant.”

        

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