Summary 2007 WY 8

Summary of Decision issued January 17, 2007

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Case Name: Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Chapman

Citation: 2007 WY 8

Docket Number: D-06-10

Order of Public Censure

The matter came before the Court upon a “Report and Recommendation for Public Censure” filed December 26, 2006, by the Board of Professional Responsibility for the Wyoming State Bar. The Court, after a careful review of the Board’s report, the Respondent’s “Section 16 Affidavit,” Bar Counsel’s “Motion for Public Censure and to File a Report and Recommendation for Discipline,” and the file, finds that the Report and Recommendation should be approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court; and that Respondent should be publicly censured in the manner set forth in the Report and Recommendation.

Respondent shall receive a public censure for his conduct in a manner consistent with the recommended censure contained in the Report and Recommendation for Public Censure; Respondent shall complete five additional hours of ethics CLE including the issues of discovery/privilege, reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $49.68 representing the costs incurred in handling the matter as well as pay an administrative fee of $500.00 to the Clerk of the Board of Professional Responsibility on or before March 1, 2007. The order shall be docketed as a public record and published in the Wyoming Reporter and the Pacific Reporter, served upon the Respondent and transmitted to the members of the Board of Professional Responsibility and the appropriate clerks of court.

The Report and Recommendation for Public Censure can be found at the link below.

C.J. Voigt delivered the order for the court.

Link to the case: http://tinyurl.com/yu6x65 .