Topeka ? A Kansas attorney discipline panel has scheduled a hearing for April to consider an ethics complaint against a former assistant to Attorney General Phill Kline.

Eric Rucker will answer questions April 27-28 from the Kansas Board for Discipline of Attorneys on charges that he violated rules of professional conduct, including breaching the public trust. The board filed the formal complaint Monday.

The complaint stems from allegations of misconduct while Kline investigated alleged criminal conduct by abortion providers Dr. George Tiller and Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri.

Kline, a Republican, began investigating abortion providers as Kansas attorney general in 2003-07 and continued as Johnson County district attorney in 2007-09.