Summary 2013 WY 88

Order of Public Censure July 18, 2013

Case Name: BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR v. CYNTHIA K. VAN VLEET, WSB #6-4385

Docket Number: D-13-0005

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

Petitioner: BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR

Respondent: CYNTHIA K. VAN VLEET, WSB #6-4385

Date of Decision: July 18, 2013

This matter came before the Court upon a “Report and Recommendation for Public Censure,” filed herein June 12, 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, and that Respondent Cynthia K. Van Vleet should be publicly censured for her conduct, which is described in the attached Report and Recommendation. It is, therefore,

ADJUDGED AND ORDERED that the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Public Censure, 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 Cynthia K. Van Vleet is hereby publicly censured for her conduct, which is described in the attached Report and Recommendation for Public Censure; and it is further

ORDERED that, on or before December 31, 2013, Ms. Van Vleet shall complete four (4) hours of continuing legal education on the subject of ethics; and it is further

ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 26 of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, Ms. Van Vleet shall reimburse the Wyoming State Bar the amount of $4,697.43, representing the costs incurred in handling this matter, as well as pay the administrative fee of $500.00. Ms. Van Vleet shall pay the total amount of $5,197.43 to the Clerk of the Board of Professional Responsibility on or before December 31, 2013; and it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall docket this Order of Public Censure, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Public Censure, as a matter coming regularly before this Court as a public record; and it is further

ORDERED that, pursuant to Section 4 of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, this Order of Public Censure, along with the incorporated Report and Recommendation for Public Censure, shall be published in the Wyoming Reporter and the Pacific Reporter; and it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court cause a copy of the Order of Public Censure to be served upon Respondent Cynthia K. Van Vleet.

DATED this 18th day of July, 2013.

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