Disciplinary Case Summaries - January 2008 - Colorado Disciplinary Cases

• Publication year: 2008
• Pages: 111

37 Colo.Law. 111 Colorado Lawyer 2008.

2008, January, Pg. 111. Disciplinary Case Summaries - January 2008 - Colorado Disciplinary Cases

The Colorado Lawyer
January 2008
Vol. 37, No. 1 [Page 111]

From the Courts
Colorado Disciplinary Cases
Disciplinary Case Summaries

These summaries of disciplinary case Opinions and 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 page(s). The summaries and full-text Opinions also are accessible from the CBA website:www.cobar.org (click on "Opinions/Rules/Statutes"). Opinions, including exhibits, complaints, amended complaints, and summaries, also are available at the PDJ website,www.coloradosupremecourt.com/PDJ/pdj.htm, and on LexisNexis.(r)

Summary of Decision Issued by the PDJ

No. 06PDJ100. People v. McGarry. 09/28/2007. Attorney Suspended Two Years.

Following a sanctions hearing, the PDJ suspended Thomas H. McGarry, attorney registration number 10603, from the practice of law for a period of two years. Sanction was effective October 29, 2007. Respondent has been immediately suspended since September 11, 2006.

Respondent knowingly lied to a client about the status of her case and thereafter abandoned the case altogether. He also failed to participate or present any mitigating evidence in these proceedings. The facts admitted by default proved violations of C.R.C.P. 251.5(d); Colo. RPC 1.3; Colo. RPC 1.4(a); Colo. RPC 1.4(b); and Colo. RPC 8.4(c). Accordingly, the PDJ found no adequate basis to depart from the presumptive sanction of a suspension. p.113.

Summary of Decision Regarding Conditional Admission of Misconduct Issued by the PDJ

The PDJ's approval...