Vol. 34, No. 5, 15. Lawyer Discipline.

Wyoming Bar Journal

2011.

Vol. 34, No. 5, 15.

Lawyer Discipline

Wyoming LawyerIssue: October, 2011Lawyer DisciplinePrivate Reprimands

The Board of Professional Responsibility issued a private reprimand to an attorney who undertook to represent a party in a divorce. Though the divorce decree provided that certain retirement benefits would be paid to the attorney's client, the attorney failed to follow through with the appropriate paperwork. When the oversight was discovered several years later, the attorney undertook to rectify the problem, and agreed to reimburse the client for costs incurred by the client as a result of the attorney's oversight. Such conduct on the part of the attorney constituted a violation of Rule 1.3 of the Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct which provides, "A lawyer shall act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client."

The Board of Professional Responsibility issued a private reprimand to an attorney who disclosed to a third party that he had represented a minor in a criminal matter. Although he did not identify the minor by name, he did identify the...