Summary 2014 WY 22

Summary of Order February 19, 2014

ORDER SUSPENDING ATTORNEY FROM PRACTICE OF LAW AND ASSESSING COSTS

Case Name: BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WYOMING STATE BAR v. STACY E. CASPER, WSB No. 6 3431

Docket Number: D-14-0003

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

Date of Order: February 19, 2014

[¶1] This matter comes before the Court upon a Report and Recommendation for 30 Day Suspension stipulated to by Petitioner, the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Wyoming State Bar (the Board); and Respondent, Stacy E. Casper. Although Respondent has stipulated to the violation and discipline, and the Court accepts the stipulated recommendation, the Court writes this opinion rather than simply adopting the Board’s recommendation because these are matters of considerable importance to members of the Wyoming State Bar.

[¶2] This is an attorney discipline case that arose out of Respondent’s billing excessive legal fees and her subsequent improper attempts to collect those fees.

[¶26] IT IS, THEREFORE, HEREBY ORDERED:

1. That the Report and Recommendation for 30 Day Suspension filed by the Board of Professional Responsibility of the Wyoming State Bar on January 10, 2014, is hereby, approved, confirmed, and adopted by this Court as modified above; and

2. That Stacy E. Casper be suspended from the practice of law for a period of thirty days, commencing August 1, 2014; and

3. That Stacy E. Casper reimburse her client’s ex-husband for the attorneys’ fees and costs he incurred as a result of Respondent’s improper filing of the Lien Statement; and

4. That Stacy E. Casper pay an administrative fee of $500 and costs of this disciplinary proceeding to the Wyoming State Bar on or before September 1, 2014; and

5. That, in conjunction with the Wyoming State Bar, Stacy E. Casper design and teach a Wyoming CLE program on proper billing practices and techniques; and

6. That the press release stipulated to by the parties shall be issued by the Wyoming State Bar.




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