In re R. Leonadis "Pete" McKinney

On January 31, 2012, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals signed a final judgment disbarring Houston attorney Robert Leonadis “Pete” McKinney, 61, State Bar of Texas Card No. 13723400. On or about May 12, 2011, McKinney was sentenced to prison for four months followed by supervised release for three years and ordered to pay a fine of $250,000.00 and an assessment of $100.00 in cause number 1:11CR00059-001 styled, United States of America v. Robert L. McKinney, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, after McKinney pled guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery in federally funded programs in violation of 18 U.S.C. §371 (18 U.S.C. §666), an Intentional Crime as defined in the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. The criminal judgment is final. BODA cause number 48984. McKinney appealed this judgment to the Supreme Court of Texas.  On August 31, 2012, the judgment was affirmed.

Mr. McKinney’s Petition for Reinstatement was granted by the 151st District Court on April 9, 2018, and he was readmitted to the Bar on November 2, 2018.