In re Stockwell

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS


No. 108,929

In the Matter of SCOTT C. STOCKWELL,
Petitioner.


ORDER OF REINSTATEMENT

On March 1, 2013, this court suspended the petitioner, Scott C. Stockwell,
from the practice of law in Kansas for a period of 1 year. See In re Stockwell, 296
Kan. 860, 295 P.3d 572 (2013). The court further ordered that the petitioner
undergo a hearing, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 219 (2015 Kan. Ct. R. Annot.
403), prior to consideration of a petition for reinstatement.

On March 3, 2014, petitioner filed a petition for reinstatement. On July 2,
2014, petitioner filed an amended petition for reinstatement. On July 21, 2014, the
court referred the amended petition to the Disciplinary Administrator for
investigation and hearing. On January 14, 2016, a hearing panel of the Kansas
Board for Discipline of Attorneys conducted a hearing to consider the petitioner's
petition for reinstatement.

On March 16, 2016, the hearing panel filed its report setting out the
circumstances leading to the petitioner's suspension, a summary of the evidence
presented, and its findings and recommendations. The panel unanimously
recommended that the petitioner's petition for reinstatement of his license to
practice law in Kansas be granted, subject to practice supervision as detailed in the
petitioner's plan of supervision and as amended in the final hearing report.

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The court, after carefully considering the record, accepts the findings and
recommendations of the hearing panel and grants the petitioner's petition for
reinstatement of his license to practice law in Kansas, subject to practice
supervision as detailed in the petitioner's plan of supervision and as amended in
the final hearing report.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the petitioner be reinstated to the practice
of law in Kansas conditioned upon his compliance with the annual continuing
legal education requirements and upon his payment of all fees required by the
Clerk of the Appellate Courts and the Kansas Continuing Legal Education
Commission and subject to his plan of supervision as amended in the final hearing
report. Upon proof provided to the Clerk of the Appellate Courts that the petitioner
has complied with the annual continuing legal education requirements and has
paid the fees required by the Clerk of the Appellate Courts and the Kansas
Continuing Legal Education Commission, the Clerk is directed to enter the
petitioner's name upon the roster of attorneys engaged in the practice of law in
Kansas.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this order be published in the official Kansas
Reports and that the costs herein be assessed to the petitioner.

Effective this 28th day of March, 2016.