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Former attorney turned gubernatorial candidate Eric Deters faces charges of menacing, harassing communications, and criminal trespassing after allegedly having a run-in with his juvenile nephew on a farm in Independence. File photo | LINK nky.

Northern Kentucky attorney and radio host Eric Deters had his law license suspended for sixty days by the Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday. He was accused of misconduct in two civil cases.

In February 2012, Deters was suspended for 61 days by the same court.

According to the Associated Press, Deters suspension stems from misstatements he made to a court during a civil case in Campbell County and other misstatements in a libel suit he filed against Kenton Co. Commonwealth’s Attorney Rob Sanders.

Ohio is expected to hand down the same sanctions.

Deters was also ordered to pay $2,450 to cover the cost of the legal proceedings.

The attorney took to his Facebook page on Thursday afternoon to explain the issue:

I’ve been suspended by the Kentucky Supreme Court for 60 days. The Kentucky Bar Association had already suspended me an additional 52 days more than the last 60 day suspension. Therefore, I believe I had already been punished for these two issues—one 8 years old and the other 2 years old. One was an old Rule 11 sanction involving an LLC not being filed and I trusting my client it was filed. The other involved an allegation in a Complaint. I’ll accept my 60 day suspension and put it behind me. This will end my ordeal. So it will soon be over. I want to remind everyone I did a 112 day suspension between February and June last year and did not lose a client or miss a beat. Many of you were a client then. My partners will handle all lawyer work on the files the next 60 days. I’ll be back soon. Kentucky allows a lawyer under suspension to be a paralegal. I’ll be such in my office. I just can’t appear in Court and practice law. Please support me as you did last time. As much as I hate this, having been through it once before, I know I will survive. While I disagree with the decision, I’m not going to say anything negative about the decision. I will remind everyone these deal with lawsuit allegations. These do not include theft, crimes, legal malpractice, a client being harmed, moral turpitude or other dastardly deeds. There has not been and will not be further issue. Thanks again. I’m grateful. Email or text me any questions or concerns. 

I expect Ohio will suspend me the same days as before. It’s a pain, but it’s the rule. 

If you have a Kentucky trial the next 60 days you want me to handle, we will ask for a continuance. I believe I only have one. Otherwise, I’ll be back in time to try the case. 

I love perspective. This is not disbarment. This is not cancer. This is not foreclosure. This is not bankruptcy. This is not death. This is not a loss of a limb. This is not divorce. This is not chemical dependency. This is not the loss of a loved one or dear family member. This is not a victim of violence. This is not a nervous breakdown. This is not mental illness. This is not living with a physical disability. I could go on and on. This is not the end of the world. Every day, countless people, including friends and clients of mine, deal with these things and they too stay strong.

Thank you for your loyalty.

Read the full opinion from the Kentucky Supreme Court: Click Here (PDF)

Photo: Eric Deters