Summary 2012 WY 122

Summary of Order of Disbarment September 12, 2012

Case Name: BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR v. MIA MIKESELL SHIFRAR

Docket Number: D-12-0005

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

This matter came before the Court upon a “Report and Recommendation for Disbarment,” filed herein July 26, 2012, and an “Amended Report and Recommendation for Disbarment,” filed herein August 17, 2012, by the Board of Professional Responsibility for the Wyoming State Bar.  The Court, after a careful review of the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation, the Amended Report and Recommendation, and the file, finds that the Amended Report and Recommendation for Disbarment should be approved, confirmed, and adopted by the Court.  It is, therefore,

ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that, effective this date, the Respondent, Mia Mikesell Shifrar, shall be, and hereby is, disbarred from the practice of law in this state; and it is further

ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 26 of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, Mia Mikesell Shifrar, shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $2,612.28, representing the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay an administrative fee of $500.00.  Mia Mikesell Shifrar shall pay the total amount of $3,112.28 to the Clerk of the Board of Professional Responsibility on or before November 30, 2012; and it is further

ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 4(c) of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, Mia Mikesell Shifrar shall make restitution of $37,067.63 to the Estate of Leona Dorothy Spratt and also make restitution of $1,000 to James Spratt.  Such payments shall be made in cash or certified funds; 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, pursuant to Section 4(a)(iv) of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, this Order of Disbarment, along with the incorporated Amended Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, shall be published in the Pacific Reporter.

DATED this 12^th day of September, 2012.

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