Disciplinary Case Summaries, 1216 COBJ, Vol. 45, No. 12 Pg. 59
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No. 16PDJ003. People v. Cabral. 8/12/2016.
Following a reinstatement hearing, a hearing board denied Alfonso S. Cabral, attorney registration number 18328, reinstatement to the practice of law under CRCP 251.29. Cabral may not file another petition for reinstatement for two years.
In 2011, Cabral was suspended from the practice of law for three years for neglecting three client matters, repeatedly failing to communicate with his clients, and engaging in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice. The length of his suspension was based in large measure on his extensive history of prior discipline.
A hearing board denied Cabral’s reinstatement petition because he failed to marshal clear and convincing evidence that he has been rehabilitated and that he is fit to practice law.
No. 16PDJ074. People v. Gefreh. 10/12/2016.
The PDJ approved the parties’ conditional admission of misconduct and suspended Paul T. Gefreh, attorney registration number 08291, for one year and one day, all but three months stayed pending successful completion of a one-year period of probation, with conditions. His suspension was effective on November 16, 2016.
Gefreh, a bankruptcy attorney, was retained by a lawyer who had been disbarred for knowing conversion. The lawyer’s disbarment order required him to pay restitution to several former clients, as well as more than $220,000 to a medical lienholder. On the client’s behalf, Gefreh filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy petition. He did so to stall a foreclosure sale on the client’s house in the hopes of protecting from creditors up to $105,000 in equity under the homestead exemption, and to avoid entangling the...
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