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Summary of Decision February 21, 2013

Order of Disbarment

Case Name: BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR v. RICHARD GRANT SCHNEEBECK, WSB #5-2395,

Docket Number: D-13-0002

Follow this link to access the Report and Recommendation for Disbarment:
URL: http://www.courts.state.wy.us/Opinions.aspx

Date of Order: February 21, 2013

This matter came before the Court upon a “Report and Recommendation for Disbarment,” filed herein January 9, 2013 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 and the file, finds that the Report and Recommendation should be approved, confirmed, and adopted by the Court. It is, therefore,

ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, a copy of 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, effective this date, the Respondent, Richard Grant Schneebeck, 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, Richard Grant Schneebeck 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. Respondent shall pay the total amount of $550.00 to the Clerk of the Board of Professional Responsibility on or before April 1, 2013; and it is further

ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 4(c) of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, Richard Grant Schneebeck shall make restitution of $10,077.23 to his former law firm; 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 Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, shall be published in the Pacific Reporter; and it is Further

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall docket this Order of Disbarment, along with the Report and Recommendation for Disbarment, 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 of Disbarment to be served upon the Respondent, Richard Grant Schneebeck; and it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court transmit a copy of this Order of Disbarment to members of the Board of Professional Responsibility, and the clerks of the appropriate courts of the State of Wyoming.

DATED this 21st day of February, 2013.

BY THE COURT:

/s/

MARILYN S. KITE
Chief Justice