A Topeka lawyer who pleaded no contest this week to three felony charges, including involuntary manslaughter, has been suspended from practicing law in Kansas while disciplinary proceedings against him are resolved.

The state’s disciplinary administrator has filed a notification with the Kansas Supreme Court regarding the convictions of Marc A. Schultz, a news release said.

Schultz faces sentencing June 2 for convictions of involuntary manslaughter, driving under the influence of alcohol in a fourth or subsequent case and leaving the scene of an accident in which a death occurs. The charges are tied to the death of bicyclist Timothy Roberts, 55, who was killed Sept. 12 when he was struck from behind by a car as he rode his bicycle in the 5500 block of S.W. 53rd.

Roberts was riding west on S.W. 53rd about 4:30 p.m. when he was struck by a westbound Chrysler Pacifica. Schultz was the driver of the vehicle, and his son was a passenger, authorities said..

According to blood tests, Schultz had marijuana, a narcotic-like pain reliever and an antidepressant in his system, and his blood-alcohol level was 0.12 percent. Kansas law defines intoxication for a motorist as 0.08 percent.

Schultz entered his no contest plea hours after being charged Monday morning.

A Kansas Supreme Court rule dealing with the discipline of lawyers specifies the procedure taken when a lawyer is convicted of a felony. The rule deals with the "automatic temporary suspension of attorneys convicted of a felony crime."

Kansas rules governing lawyers require a lawyer charged with a felony "promptly" report that charge to the disciplinary administrator, according to the Supreme Court rule.

The judicial administrator or court clerk where the lawyer is convicted has 14 days to send a copy of the conviction record to the disciplinary administrator, who files the conviction records with the Kansas Supreme Court.

In turn, the Supreme Court issues a order temporarily suspending the lawyer's license to practice law in Kansas.

In plea negotiations between Schultz attorneys and the Shawnee County District Attorney's Office, the two sides are seeking a 43-month sentence on the manslaughter conviction, and the sentences for the other charges would run concurrently.

The judge isn’t required to follow the plea. To sentence him to 43 months, the judge would have to depart upward from a sentence that ordinarily would be 31 to 34 months. Prosecutors must demonstrate an aggravating factor to justify the departure, and in the Schultz case, it will be that Roberts was "particularly vulnerable" as a bicyclist.

Schultz had one DUI in 1989, which was placed on diversion, and two DUI convictions in 2000. For sentencing purposes, a DUI diversion is treated as a conviction.