Tcl - Disciplinary Case Summaries - April 2007 - Colorado Disciplinary Cases

• Publication year: 2007
• Pages: 111
• Citation: Vol. 36 No. 4 Pg. 111

36 Colo.Law. 111 Colorado Lawyer 2007.

2007, April, Pg. 111. TCL - Disciplinary Case Summaries - April 2007 - Colorado Disciplinary Cases

The Colorado Lawyer
April 2007
Vol. 36, No. 4 [Page 111]

From the Courts
Colorado Disciplinary Cases

Disciplinary Case Summaries

These disciplinary case summaries and summaries of Conditional Admissions of Misconduct are prepared by the Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge (PDJ) and are provided as a service by the Colorado Bar Association (CBA) The CBA cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the summaries.

The full text of the disciplinary Opinions follows the summaries pages. The summaries and full-text Opinions also are accessible from the CBA website http://www.cobar.org (click on The Colorado Lawyer tab, then the appropriate issue). Opinions including exhibits, complaints, amended complaints, and summaries, also are available at the Office of the PDJ website: http://www.coloradosupremecourt.com/PDJ/pdj.htm, as well as on LexisNexis(r) at http://www.lexis.com/research, by clicking on StatesLegal-U.S./Colorado/Cases/CO Supreme Court Disciplinary Opinions from 1999.

Summary of Decision Issued by the Presiding Disciplinary Judge

No. 06PDJ036. People v. Chambers. 12/26/2006. Attorney Publicly Censured.

Following a hearing pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.18, a Hearing Board publicly censured Carol A. Chambers, attorney registration number 14984. Public censure is dated December 26, 2006.

Respondent, the elected District Attorney for the Eighteenth Judicial District, contacted an attorney who had brought a collection lawsuit against one of her constituents. Without sufficient deliberation, respondent told the attorney that she was looking at investigating him for engaging in coercive tactics.

The Hearing Board concluded that respondent effectively placed her finger on the scales of justice on behalf of one party to a civil case and therefore engaged in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice. Her misconduct constituted grounds for the imposition of discipline pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.5 and violated Colo. RPC 8.4(d). The Hearing Board also dismissed three additional counts contained in the complaint. p.113.

Summary of Decision Regarding Conditional Admission of Misconduct
Issued by the Presiding Disciplinary Judge

The PDJ's approval of Conditional Admissions of Misconduct does not...