Disciplinary Case Summaries

• Publication year: 2011
• Pages: 137
• Citation: Vol. 40 No. 6 Pg. 137

40 Colo.Law. 137 Colorado Bar Journal 2011.

2011, June, Pg. 137. Disciplinary Case Summaries

The Colorado Lawyer
June 2011
Vol. 40, No. 6 [Page 137]

From the Courts
Colorado Disciplinary Cases

Disciplinary Case Summaries

The summaries of disciplinary case Opinions and Conditional Admissions of Misconduct are preparedby the Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge (PDJ) and are provided as a serviceby the Colorado Bar Association (CBA). The CBA cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the summaries. The full text of the disciplinary Opinions, when publishedby 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.

Summaries of Decisions Issuedby the PDJ

No. 10PDJ083. People v. Beasley.03/09/2011. Attorney Disbarred.

Following a sanctions hearing, the PDJ disbarred Patrick Dennis Beasley, attorney registration number 25637. Disbarment was effective April 9, 2011.

Respondent failed to communicate with, neglected, and ultimately abandoned nine clients. He also knowingly converted funds from eight clients. His misconduct constituted grounds for the imposition of discipline pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.5, and violated Colo. RPC 1.3, 1.4(a), 8.4(c), and 1.15(a) and (j).

No. 10PDJ055. People v. Carder.03/11/2011. Attorney Disbarred.

Following a sanctions hearing, the PDJ disbarred Dennis L. Carder, attorney registration number 36474. Disbarment was effective April 11, 2011.

In ten client matters, respondent failed to communicate with his clients and failed to perform work on their behalf-effectively abandoning them. In many of these cases, respondent's clients sought a refund of their retainers and return of their files, but respondent never provided accountings or refunds, nor did he return their files. His misconduct constituted grounds for the imposition of discipline pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.5, and violated Colo. RPC 1.3; 1.4(a); 1.5(a), (f), and (g); 1.15(a), (b), (c), (i)(3), (i)(6), and (j); 1.16(d); and 8.4(c).

No. 10PDJ005. People v. Gregson.12/16/2010. Attorney Publicly Censured.

A hearing board publicly censured Ronald E. Gregson, attorney registration number 08996. The sanction was...