High Court Orders Suspension of Attorney Who Abandoned Comp Client

The Kentucky Supreme Court last week upheld a five-year suspension for a Louisville-area attorney who had already been suspended from the practice of law for mishandling a client’s appeal and his firm's finances. Eric Tuley Weiner was admitted to practice in 2013. In 2015, Russell Gentry hired Weiner to represent him in a workers’ compensation action. Gentry was awarded total disability benefits in mid-2020, but he disagreed with the duration of payments and requested that Weiner appeal that portion of the award. After the appeal was filed, Gentry was unable to cont...