In the Matter of Gregory C. Menefee

This reciprocal discipline case is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the Review Panel, recommending that Gregory C. Menefee State Bar No. 502020 be disbarred following the order disbarring him from practice in the State of Kentucky. See Kentucky Bar Assoc. v. Menefee , 296 SW3d 423 Ky. 2009. We previously suspended Menefee on an indefinite basis following his earlier suspension in Kentucky. In the Matter of Menefee , 286 Ga. 32 685 SE2d 276 2009. In this matter, the State Bar filed a notice of reciprocal discipline to which it attached a certified copy of opinion of the Supreme Court of Kentucky in accordance with Rule 9.4 b, as amended, of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in Bar Rule 4-102 d. Menefee acknowledged service of the notice of reciprocal discipline from the State Bar, but did not file any response. In its opinion the Supreme Court of Kentucky outlined ten separate discipline charges in which Menefee abandoned clients and failed to return or misappropriated thousands of dollars from clients. Based on the seriousness of the charges against Menefee, his past disciplinary history, his failure to respond to disciplinary authorities in Kentucky and “the potentially criminal nature of his actions,” Kentucky Bar Assoc. v. Menefee , supra, 296 SW3d at 428, the Supreme Court of Kentucky permanently disbarred Menefee. Id. at 429.