Disciplinary Case Summaries

• Publication year: 2009
• Pages: 141

38 Colo.Law. 141 Colorado Bar Journal 2009.

2009, June, Pg. 141. Disciplinary Case Summaries

The Colorado Lawyer
June 2009
Vol. 38, No. 6 [Page 141]

From the Courts Colorado Disciplinary Cases

Disciplinary Case Summaries

The 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, when published by the PDJ, 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.

Summary of Decision Issued by the PDJ

No. 07PDJ056. People v. Alster. 03/12/2009. Ninety-Day Attorney Suspension.

Following a sanctions hearing, the PDJ suspended respondent Christopher Alster, attorney registration number 11884, from the practice of law for ninety days, with conditions of reinstatement. The suspension was effective April 13, 2009.

Respondent placed personal funds into a COLTAF account and thereafter used the account as a personal business account to hide personal assets from his creditors. The facts admitted by default proved violations of Colo. RPC 1.15(f)(1) and 8.4(c). Respondent also failed to present any mitigating evidence or otherwise participate in these proceedings. Accordingly, the PDJ found no adequate basis to depart from the presumptive sanction of a suspension. p.143.

Summaries of Decisions Regarding Conditional Admissions of Misconduct Issued by the PDJ

The PDJ's approval of a Conditional Admission of Misconduct does not result in a written Opinion but only a brief Order, which does not constitute precedent. Conditional Admissions of Misconduct are public record and are available for review at the Office of the PDJ, 1560 Broadway, Ste. 675, Denver, CO 80202; (303) 866-6658; www.coloradosupremecourt.com/PDJ/pdj.htm. They also are available on LexisNexis.

No. 08PDJ097. People v. Curry. 03/27/2009. One-Year Attorney Suspension Stayed Pending Completion of Two-Year Probation.

The PDJ approved a Conditional Admission of Misconduct submitted by the...