Disciplinary Case Summaries
| Publication year | 1989 |
| Pages | 281 |
1989, February, Pg. 281. Disciplinary Case Summaries
MonthYear
Request for investigation forms distributed2953232
Requests for investigation filed82930
Docketed for investigation on receipt26345
Not docketed for investigation on receipt16195
Preliminary inquiries made as of 11/3040390
Cases placed in abeyance00
Docketed as of 10/31 after preliminary inquiry1396
Not docketed as of 10/31 after preliminary inquiry25258
Letters of admonition sent867
Cases in which reasonable cause was found9115
Cases pending before the Inquiry Panels on 11/30302
Cases resulting in public discipline are printed in their entirety in the Colorado Supreme Court "Opinions" section of The Colorado Lawyer. Those public cases which involve issues that are not routine are summarized here together with all private censures and selected admonishments. Occasionally, articles will be published here in lieu of summaries or with a smaller number of them.
John E. Kochel: The court disbarred the respondent on November 14, 1988, following his earlier disbarment in Pennsylvania. Costs of $289.95 were also assessed against him.
The respondent was first disciplined in Pennsylvania when, on March 23, 1987, he was suspended for three months from the practice of law in that state for conversion of client escrow funds and neglect of a legal matter entrusted to him. The respondent also failed to notify Committee Counsel of his suspension as required by C.R.C.P. Rule 241.17(b).
During reciprocal disciplinary proceedings in Colorado, which arose due to the suspension of the respondent in Pennsylvania, it was learned that the respondent had been disbarred on consent on January 12, 1988, in Pennsylvania. Following the filing of an amended complaint in the Colorado proceeding, the respondent stipulated to his disbarment in this state as well.
Arlan I. Preblud: The court suspended the respondent for three years on November 28, 1988, and assessed costs of $1,242.99 against him.
The respondent pleaded guilty and was convicted on May 23, 1986, in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado of one count of securities fraud. Securities fraud is a felony and therefore a serious crime as defined in C.R.C.P. Rule 241.16(e). While the criminal charge...
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