Former Christian County Commonwealth’s Attorney Rick Boling was disbarred by the United States Supreme Court in a ruling Monday.
According to the court order, Richard Boling of Hopkinsville had previously been suspended from the practice of law in federal court in February—a ruling required him to show cause for why he should not be disbarred. That time expired, so the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that Boling is disbarred from the practice of law in federal courts.
However, Boling is not disbarred from practicing law in the state of Kentucky, though he is currently suspended from practicing law in the Commonwealth for five years, following a ruling from the Kentucky Supreme Court in June of 2023.
The Kentucky Supreme Court agreed with a trial commissioner’s recommendation to suspend the legal license of Boling due to misconduct regarding the letter he sent to former Governor Matt Bevin on behalf of convicted sex offender Dayton Jones and for his prosecutorial misconduct that led to a guilty verdict being overturned for attempted murder suspect Karen Brafman while he was serving as the Commonwealth’s Attorney of Christian County.
Boling resigned from that position in February of 2023, after the Kentucky House of Representatives filed a resolution to have him impeached.