FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday disbarred famed Cincinnati trial attorney Stanley Chesley over his involvement in a notorious $200 million settlement involving the diet drug fen-phen. The Supreme Court unanimously voted to uphold a 2011 recommendation by the Kentucky Bar Association's board to revoke Chesley's law license. The board's decision followed the recommendations of a hearing officer, who determined Chesley violated several ethics rules and should have to return $7.5 million to his former clients. The high court's opinion does not...
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