Disciplinary Case Summaries
| Publication year | 1990 |
| Pages | 1341 |
| Citation | Vol. 19 No. 7 Pg. 1341 |
1990, July, Pg. 1341. Disciplinary Case Summaries
Public disciplinary and disability decisions are listed below. Those issued by opinion appear in their entirety in the Colorado Supreme Court "Opinions" section of The Colorado Lawyer. Public disciplinary decisions involving issues that are not routine are summarized below, together with all private censures and selected admonishments. Articles will sometimes appear in this space with no summaries or with fewer of them.
Loyd W. Macy: The Supreme Court suspended the respondent for two years, effective April 25, 1990, and assessed costs of $167.37 against him.
The respondent, who had been admonished in 1980 and privately censured in 1985, assisted a non-lawyer who wanted to sell "living trust" packages to those who wished to use them to avoid taxes or probate. The respondent reviewed a package of "living trust" documents prepared by the non-lawyer for marketing through non-lawyer salespersons. After the non-lawyer began selling "living trust" documents, the respondent reviewed several packages prepared for individuals and answered questions addressed to him by non-lawyer salespersons regarding individual customer concerns.
The respondent violated DR3-101(A), by aiding a non-lawyer in the unauthorized practice of law. The court noted that the creation and sale of trust documents by non-lawyers constitutes the unauthorized practice of law. The court cited People v. Schmitt, 126 Colo. 546, 251 P.2d 915 (1952).
Douglas Scott Rouse: The Supreme Court immediately suspended the respondent from the practice of law in the State of Colorado on April 3, 1990, until further order of the court.
Wayne Mathew Kaufman: The Supreme Court immediately suspended...
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