TOPEKA — Retired Ottawa city attorney Robert Bezek, Jr., has surrendered his license to practice law in Kansas. In a formal notice issued Tuesday, the Kansas Supreme Court said it was disbarring Bezek. When Bezek surrendered his license June 5, the office that disciplines lawyers had scheduled a formal hearing of complaints against him, the supreme court’s notice said. The Disciplinary Administrator’s office said the complaints charged Bezek with violating judicial rules regarding competence, diligence, communication, reporting professional misconduct and misconduct. “This court, having examined the files of the office of the Disciplinary Administrator, finds that the surrender of the respondent’s license should be accepted and that the respondent should be disbarred,” the court notice said. Bezek announced his retirement in May after 28 years of service to the city. His last day was June 5, the same day he surrendered his law license. Bezek couldn’t be reached for comment. He has left his former legal office in Ottawa and a cell phone number has been disconnected. An inquiry to his e-mail address didn’t draw a response. Mayor Mike Skidmore referred all questions to city manager Richard Nienstedt and acting city attorney Blaine Finch, both of whom were out of the office.
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