Ex-Washington state auditor fights disbarment following prison time

Disgraced former state auditor Troy X. Kelley returned to a Washington courtroom Tuesday to fight his disbarment as a result of his 2017 conviction on eight felonies, crimes that landed him in federal prison.

Kelley urged the state Supreme Court to reject the recommendation for disbarment made by the Washington State Bar Association’s Disciplinary Board and, instead, consider his suspension the last six years as “time served” and reinstate him to inactive status. Kelley told the court he has no plans to practice law again.

He asked justices to take into account his public service in the military and as an elected official, and the length of time since the incidents underlying his convictions occurred. Those are mitigating factors he said the disciplinary board should have weighed.

“Attorney discipline is intended to protect the public. Does the public need to be protected more than the last six years I’ve been suspended?” Kelley said.

https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/06/11/ex-washington-state-auditor-fights-disbarment-following-prison-time/