Summary 2009 WY 123

Summary of Decision issued October 7, 2009

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Case Name: Wyoming State Bar v. John Craig Abraham

Citation: 2009 WY 123

Docket Number: D-09-0002

Order of Public Censure

The matter came before the Court upon a “Report and Recommendation for Public Censure” filed August 27, 2009, by the Board of Professional Responsibility for the Wyoming State Bar. The Court, after a careful review of the Board’s report and recommendation 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 will be mentored by C. John Cotton and Michael K. Shoumaker during a probationary period that will last until January 1, 2012 and agrees that he will be suspended from practice for any further rules infractions that occur within that probationary period; Respondent shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $525.00 to the Clerk of the Board of Professional Responsibility on or before January 1, 2010. 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: http://tinyurl.com/ye3ushj .

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