By Associated Press
Lexington, KY – The Kentucky Bar Association board of governors has voted to disbar a prominent Cincinnati lawyer, agreeing with a trial commissioner who said he should repay $7.6 million and be permanently disbarred for his role in a settlement over the diet drug fen-phen.
Stan Chesley can ask the Kentucky Supreme Court to review the decision, made Tuesday after a 90-minute open hearing in Lexington.
Retired Franklin County Circuit Judge William Graham, the hearing officer, said in February that the 75-year-old Chesley lied to a judge, covered up his colleagues' misdeeds and took excessive fees.
During Tuesday's hearing, Chesley's lawyer said Chesley successfully negotiated the fen-phen settlement from $20 million to $200 million, The Courier-Journal reported.
The Kentucky Bar Association has already disbarred three lawyers Chesley worked with in the fen-phen case.