Former candidate for JoCo DA in jail
Fri., Aug. 21 2009 @ 1:39PM
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| Scott Hattrup |
Hattrup was ordered on July 29 "to enter into and execute a contract to list for a sale" a house at 11925 West 92nd Terrace in Lenexa. He didn't do it, so the Johnson County Sheriff threw him in jail. He'll stay there until he complies with a court order.
This morning, Hattrup was supposed to appear at an ethics hearing before the Office of Disciplinary Administrator, which hears complaints against lawyers in the state of Kansas. But it doesn't appear that Hattrup has been released from jail.
The hearing is being rescheduled.
Update: Hattrup was released from jail Friday.
Hattrup appeared before the disciplinary administrator in July 2008 to answer an ethics complaint. The disciplinary administrator could seek a suspension of Hattrup's attorney's license or disbarment.
An ethics panel was to hear three complaints against Hattrup: Two filed by Lisa Daniels and one by former Kansas lawmaker Patricia Kilpatrick.
Lisa Daniels alleges in her complaint that Hattrup didn't complete paperwork so she never received child support payments. She also claims that she gave Hattrup all of her husband's guns, but Hattrup never gave her a receipt for the guns. She claims Hattrup didn't return all of their property, and they had to file a police report with the Overland Park Police Department.
The complaint filed by the disciplinary administrator's office says Hattrup never responded to the complaint.
Lisa Daniels' second complaint against Hattrup was filed in June 2007 for representing another man in small-claims court against her husband, Rob Daniels. Lisa Daniels claims Hattrup had a conflict of interest due to duties to her as a former client.
"Scott's behavior in Lisa and his rep of Lisa are not isolated or unique; this is the way he practices law," Rob Daniels tells The Pitch. "if someone doesn't file a complaint and go through with it, he's going to keep practicing law in the same way."
In a complaint filed with the disciplinary administrator in May 2008, Kilpatrick claims that Hattrup pursued her romantically, even showing up at her home uninvited at late hours (she wasn't interested) while representing her in a case before the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission. Kilpatrick claims Hattrup agreed to a $45,000 fine without her knowledge. She also claims Hattrup violated attorney-client privilege by disclosing information before a group of people. She also claims Hattrup wouldn't return her case files after she fired him.
Rob Daniels says the disciplinary administrator told him that he was trying to get immediate temporary suspension of Hattrup's law license on the docket for the Kansas Supreme Court on September 21.
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