Disciplinary Case Summaries, 0119 COBJ, Vol. 48, No. 1 Pg. 78
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OFFICE OF THE PRESIDING DISCIPLINARY JUDGE
No. 17PDJ079. People v. Hernandez. 11/6/2018. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge publicly censured Josue David Hernandez (attorney registration number 44509) on November 6, 2018.
In May 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued an order directing Hernandez to show cause why he should not be sanctioned under the Tenth Circuit's attorneys disciplinary rules. In that order, the Tenth Circuit panel described Hernandez's pattern of "unreasonably" increasing "the cost of litigation" in an appeal by filing "prolix, redundant, meandering pleadings" and ignoring "the repeated suggestion that briefs... be kept to a reasonable length." The panel observed that, among other things, Hernandez had filed "an unauthorized 72-page brief to the notice of appeal" and that Hernandez had unreasonably increased the cost of litigation on three occasions.
After Hernandez responded to the show cause order, the Tenth Circuit panel entered a sanctions order in July 2017, publicly admonishing him for violating the Tenth Circuit's attorney disciplinary rules.
The Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel sought the same discipline in Colorado as that imposed by the Tenth Circuit, and Hernandez challenged the request for reciprocal discipline. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge concluded in an order granting summary judgment that Hernandez's misconduct constituted grounds for the imposition of reciprocal discipline in Colorado under CRCP 251.21(e). The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed on October 26, 2018.
No. 18PDJ052. People v. Hoak.10/22/2018. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge granted a motion for entry of default and imposed reciprocal discipline, suspending Linda Renee Hoak (attorney registration number 33451) from the practice of law for one year and one day, all to be stayed upon the successful completion of Texas probationary conditions. Hoak's probation was effective on November 26, 2018.
This reciprocal discipline case arose out of discipline imposed upon Hoak in Texas. On June 19, 2018, the State Bar of Texas entered an order suspending Hoak for one year, all to be stayed, conditioned on certain terms. This discipline was premised on Hoak's agreement that she neglected a legal matter; failed to keep her client reasonably informed about...
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