Attorney Reprimanded For Using State Resources

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Thursday, the Kentucky Supreme Court publicly reprimanded Lexington attorney Matthew Scott Finley for using resources from his job for personal profit. Finley acknowledged using a state account with Westlaw to look up information to answer questions on JustAnswer.com, a site that routs questions to experts to answer. An Office of the Inspector General report concluded that Finley used Westlaw 36 times to search for answers. Finley disputed the number, but acknowledged using the account on his downtime while at work to conduct the research. Finley previously settled an Executive Branch Code of Ethics violation with the state by paying a $2,000 penalty for the same violation.