Summary 2012 WY 26

Summary of Decision February 23, 2012

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Case Name: Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar, v. Jeffery C. Metler

Citation: 2012 WY 26

Docket Number: D-12-0003

URL: http://wyomcases.courts.state.wy.us/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=465110

Order of Public Censure

Date of Order: February 23, 2012

After a careful review of the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation and the file, this Court finds that the Report and Recommendation should be approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court; and that the Respondent Jeffery C. Metler should be publicly censured for his conduct which essentially involves misleading communications about the lawyer or the lawyer’s services, and is addressed in Section 7.0, “Violations of Duties Owed to the Profession.”