Tcl - Disciplinary Opinions - November 2005 - Colorado Disciplinary Cases

• Publication year: 2005
• Pages: 137
• Citation: Vol. 34 No. 11 Pg. 137

34 Colo.Law. 137 Colorado Bar Journal 2005.

2005, November, Pg. 137. TCL - Disciplinary Opinions - November 2005 - Colorado Disciplinary Cases

The Colorado Lawyer
November 2005
Vol. 34, No. 11 [Page 137]

From the Courts
Colorado Disciplinary Cases
Disciplinary Opinions

The Colorado Supreme Court adopted a series of changes to the attorney regulation system, including the establishment of the Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge, pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.16. The Court also made extensive revisions to the rules governing the disciplinary process, repealing C.R.C.P. 241 et seq., and replacing those rules with C.R.C.P. 251 et seq. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge presides over attorney regulation proceedings, and, together with a two-member hearing board, issues orders at trials and hearings. The Rules of Civil Procedure and the Rules of Evidence apply to all attorney regulation proceedings before the Presiding Disciplinary Judge. See C.R.C.P. 251.18(d). These Opinions may be appealed in accordance with C.R.C.P. 251.27.

The Colorado Lawyer publishes the summaries and full-text Opinions of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge William R. Lucero, and a two-member hearing board, whose members are drawn from a pool appointed by the Supreme Court For space purposes, Exhibits, Complaints, and Amended Complaints may not be printed.

The full-text Opinions, along with their summaries, are accessible from the CBA website http://www.cobar.org (click on The Colorado Lawyer tab, then the appropriate issue). Opinions, including Exhibits, Complaints, and Amended Complaints and summaries, also are available at the Office of Presiding Disciplinary Judge website: http://www.coloradosupremecourt.com/PDJ/pdj.htm; and on LexisNexisTM athttp://www.lexis.com/research, by clicking on States LegalU.S./Colorado/Cases and Court Rules/By Court/Colorado Supreme Court Disciplinary Opinions.

Case Number: 05PDJ013

Complainant:

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO,

Respondent:

GEORGE A. BODE.

July 21, 2005

REPORT, DECISION, AND IMPOSITION OF SANCTION

This matter is before the Presiding Disciplinary Judge ("PDJ" or "the Court") on the issue of sanctions. In this case, April M. Seekamp represented the People. Respondent George A. Bode did not participate.

SANCTION IMPOSED: THREE-YEAR SUSPENSION

I. ISSUE

Under the rules for imposing reciprocal discipline, this Court must impose the same discipline as the foreign jurisdiction unless deemed inappropriate under the circumstances. This action is based upon Respondent's seven-year suspension from practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (with...