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Richard Boling

P.O. Box 9510
Owensboro, Kentucky 42302-9510

(502) 686-8182

Not available

Date Admitted

May 05, 1994

Illinois Registration Status

Not authorized to practice law due to discipline – Last Registered Year: 1997

Malpractice Insurance

No malpractice report as attorney is disciplined

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In re Boling, Richard, 2025PR00011
Disposition Suspension with condition(s)
Effective Date of Disposition 06/12/2025
End Date of Disposition
Definition of Disposition A suspension with conditions reflects a determination that the lawyer has engaged in misconduct and that the misconduct warrants both an interruption of the lawyer's authority to practice law during the suspension period, and the imposition of conditions with which the lawyer must comply. The suspension may be for a fixed period of time or for a fixed period of time and until the lawyer complies with the conditions. The lawyer is not authorized to practice law during the period of the suspension.
Case Summary Mr. Boling was licensed in Illinois in 1994 and in Kentucky in 1995. In June 2023, the Supreme Court of Kentucky suspended him for five years. While he was the Commonwealth Attorney for Christian County, he wrote a letter to the Governor of Kentucky seeking a pardon for a convicted man in which he made false statements about the integrity of a judge and misleading statements about the crime at issue. He also successfully argued against a voluntary intoxication jury instruction in an arson case when he knew one of his witnesses believed the defendant to have been intoxicated on methamphetamine at the time of the crime. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended Mr. Boling for five years and until he is reinstated to the practice of law in Kentucky. The suspension is effective on June 12, 2025.
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