IN RE: Douglas Charles FARCHMIN (2023)

ORDER OF DISBARMENT

On April 30, 2010, the court admitted Douglas Charles Farchmin to the practice of law in Kansas.

On May 9, 2022, the court temporarily suspended Farchmin's law license under Supreme Court Rule 219(g)(2) (2022 Kan. S. Ct. R. at 274). That temporary suspension resulted from Farchmin's entry into a diversion agreement for charges of possession of methamphetamine, a severity level 5 felony in violation of K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5706; possession of marijuana, a class B misdemeanor in violation of K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5706; and possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor in violation of K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5709. See Rule 219(a)(1) (defining “conviction” under that rule to include entry into a diversion agreement). Farchmin's license remains suspended.

On August 29, 2023, Farchmin's request to voluntarily surrender his license was submitted to the Office of Judicial Administration under Supreme Court Rule 230(a) (2023 Kan. S. Ct. R. at 290). At that time, Farchmin faced three docketed complaints in the Office of the Disciplinary Administrator.

The court accepts Farchmin's surrender of his Kansas law license, disbars Farchmin pursuant to Rule 230(b), and revokes Farchmin's license and privilege to practice law in Kansas.

The court further orders the Office of Judicial Administration to strike the name of Douglas Charles Farchmin from the roll of attorneys licensed to practice law in Kansas effective the date of this order.

The court notes that under Rule 230(b)(1)(C), any pending board proceeding or case terminates effective the date of this order. The Disciplinary Administrator may direct an investigator to complete a pending investigation to preserve evidence.

Finally, the court directs that this order be published in the Kansas Reports, that the costs herein shall be assessed to Farchmin, and that Farchmin must comply with Supreme Court Rule 231 (2023 Kan. S. Ct. R. at 292).