Summary 2012 WY 114

Summary of Order August 30, 2012

Order Suspending Attorney from the Practice of Law

Case Name:  Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar, v. Gibson Sean Benham, WSB #6-3120

Docket Number: D-12-0006

URL: http://www.courts.state.wy.us/Opinions.aspx

Date of Order: August 30, 2012

This matter came before the Court upon a “Report and Recommendation for Suspension,” filed herein August 16, 2012, by the Board of Professional Responsibility for the Wyoming State Bar, pursuant to Section 16 of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar (stipulated discipline).  After a careful review of the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Suspension and the file, this Court finds that the Report and Recommendation for Suspension should be approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court; and that the Respondent, Gibson Sean Benham, should be suspended from the practice of law for a period of five (5) years.  It is, therefore,

ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Suspension, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, shall be, and the same hereby is, approved, confirmed, and adopted by this Court; and it is further

ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that, as a result of the conduct set forth in the Report and Recommendation for Suspension, Respondent Gibson Sean Benham shall be, and hereby is, suspended from the practice of law for a period of five (5) years, beginning September 1, 2012; and it is further

ORDERED that Respondent shall comply with Section 22 of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar.  That Section governs the duties of disbarred and suspended attorneys; and it is further

ORDERED that Gibson Sean Benham shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $50.00, representing the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay an administrative fee of $500.00, by paying the total amount of $550.00 to the Clerk of the Board of Professional Responsibility on or before October 15, 2012; and it is further

ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 4(a)(iv) of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, this Order Suspending Attorney from the Practice of Law, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Suspension, shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter and the Pacific Reporter; and it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall docket this Order Suspending Attorney from the Practice of Law, along with the Report and Recommendation for Suspension, as a matter coming regularly before this Court as a public record; and it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of the Order Suspending Attorney from the Practice of Law to be served upon Respondent Gibson Sean Benham.

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