Summary 2012 WY 27

Summary of Decision February 23, 2012


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Case Name: Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Robert Willis Ingram

Citation: 2012 WY 27

Docket Number: D-10-0003

URL: http://wyomcases.courts.state.wy.us/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=465108

Order Reinstating Attorney to the Practice of Law

Date of Order: February 23, 2012

The Court, after a careful review of the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Reinstatement, and the file, this Court finds that the Report and Recommendation should be approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court; and that the Respondent, Robert Willis Ingram, should be reinstated to the practice of law.

Summary 2012 WY 26

Summary of Decision February 23, 2012

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Case Name: Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar, v. Jeffery C. Metler

Citation: 2012 WY 26

Docket Number: D-12-0003

URL: http://wyomcases.courts.state.wy.us/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=465110

Order of Public Censure

Date of Order: February 23, 2012

After a careful review of the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation and the file, this Court finds that the Report and Recommendation should be approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court; and that the Respondent Jeffery C. Metler should be publicly censured for his conduct which essentially involves misleading communications about the lawyer or the lawyer’s services, and is addressed in Section 7.0, “Violations of Duties Owed to the Profession.”

Summary 2012 WY 25

Summary of Decision February 23, 2012


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Case Name: Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Mary Dunn

Citation: 2012 WY 25

Docket Number: D-12-0002

URL: http://wyomcases.courts.state.wy.us/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=465107

Order Suspending Attorney From the Practice of Law

Date of Order: February 23, 2012

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, Mary M. Dunn, should be suspended from the practice of law for a period of thirty (30) days, beginning March 1, 2012, for violation of Rules 3.3(a)(1), 3.4(c), 8.4(a) and 8.4(d) of the Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct.

Summary 2012 WY 11

Summary of Order February 1, 2012

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Case Name: Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Don Franklin Shreve, Jr.,

Docket Number: D-12-0001

Date of Order: February 1, 2012

Pursuant to Section 17 of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, Bar Counsel for the Wyoming State Bar filed a “Petition for Interim Suspension of Attorney.” The Court, after a careful review of the Petition for Interim Suspension, the affidavit of Bar Counsel, and the other materials attached to the petition, concludes that the petition for interim suspension should be granted and that Respondent should be suspended from the practice of law pending resolution of the formal charge that has been, or will be, filed against Respondent.

Summary 2012 WY 4

Summary of Decision January 6, 2012

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Case Name:  Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Melchior

Citation:  2012 WY 4

Docket Number: D-11-0005  

URL:  http://wyomcases.courts.state.wy.us/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=465006

Order of Public Censure

Date of Decision: January 6, 2012

Upon a “Report and Recommendation,” filed December 22, 2011 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 should be publicly censured for violating Rules 4.2 and 8.4 (d) of the Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct.

Summary of Censure Order 2011 WY 150

Summary of Censure Order November 2, 2011


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Case Name: Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Mary M. Dunn

Citation: 2011 WY 150

Docket Number: D-11-0004

URL: http://wyomcases.courts.state.wy.us/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=464698

ORDER OF PUBLIC CENSURE

The Court, after a careful review of the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation, the “Stipulated Motion for Public Censure and to File a Report and Recommendation,” Respondent’s Affidavit, and the file, finds that the Report and Recommendation should be approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court, and that Respondent should be publicly censured for her violation of a duty owed to a client and her lack of due diligence.

Summary 2011 WY 140

Summary of Order October 5, 2011


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Case Name: Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Kevin P. Meenan

Citation: 2011 WY 140

Docket Number: D-04-1

URL: http://wyomcases.courts.state.wy.us/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=464543

ORDER REINSTATING ATTORNEY TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW

The Court, after a careful review of the Board of Professional Responsibility’s Report and Recommendation for Reinstatement, “Bar Counsel’s Brief Regarding Reinstatement in Cases Involving Disbarment Following a Felony Conviction,” as well as the other matters of record, finds that it should accept the Board’s recommendation that Respondent be reinstated to the practice of law in this State, effective immediately.

Summary 2011 WY 89

Summary of Decision June 1, 2011

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Case Name:  Bd. of Prof'l Responsibility, Wyo. State Bar v. Jenkins

Citation:  2011 WY 89

Docket Number: D-11-0003

URL:  http://wyomcases.courts.state.wy.us/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=462419

Date of Decision: June 1, 2011

Facts:  Respondent attempted to utilize a third person to communicate information to and/or obtain information from a person who was represented by counsel in a child custody matter.  The attempted contact was not successful, and Respondent obtained no information thereby.  Respondent agreed with the Board of Professional Responsibility that his conduct violated Rule 4.2 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys at Law, and agreed to a public censure in the matter.

Holdings:  The Court found that the Board’s Report and Recommendation should be approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court, and that Respondent should be publicly censured in the manner set forth in the Report and Recommendation. 

C.J. Kite delivered the opinion for the court.

Summary 2011 WY 88

Summary of Decision June 1, 2011

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Case Name:  Bd. of Prof'l Responsibility, Wyo. State Bar v. Anderson

Citation:  2011 WY 88

Docket Number: D-11-0001

URL:  http://wyomcases.courts.state.wy.us/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=462418

Date of Decision: June 1, 2011

Facts:  Respondent had been licensed to practice law in the State of Wyoming since 1977, and had recently retired from the practice of law.  Other than the instant proceeding, Respondent had not been the subject of any professional discipline.  The Board found that Respondent had breached his amended diversion contract, and that Respondent’s conduct also constituted a breach of Rules 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 and 8.4 of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys at Law.   Because Respondent had retired from the practice of law, he did not desire to contest the formal charge.  Respondent stipulated to a one year suspension of his license to practice law in the State of Wyoming.

Holdings:  The Court found that the Board’s Report and Recommendation for Suspension should be approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court; and that the Respondent should be suspended from the practice of law for a period of one year.

C.J. Kite delivered the opinion for the court.

Summary 2011 WY 69

Summary of Decision April 20, 2011
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Case Name: Bd. of Prof'l Responsibility, Wyo. State Bar v. Stith
Citation: 2011 WY 69

Docket Number: D-11-0002

URL: http://wyomcases.courts.state.wy.us/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=462023

Date of Decision: April 20, 2011
Facts: Respondent failed to disclose the existence of insurance that might be available to pay a judgment or reimburse someone who has made payments on a judgment as required by Rule 26(a)(1)(D) of the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure. The Board of Professional Responsibility found that Respondent violated Rules 3.1(c), 3.4(c), 8.4(a), 8.4(c), and 8.4(d) of the Wyoming Rules of Professional Conduct.

Holdings: The Court found that the Board’s Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Recommendations should be approved, confirmed and adopted by the Court, and that Respondent should be publicly censured and sanctioned in the manner recommended by the Board.

C.J. Kite delivered the opinion for the court.

Summary 2011 WY 37

Summary of Order March 2, 2011

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Case Name: Board of Professional Responsibility, Wyoming State Bar v. Anderson

Citation: 2011 WY 37

Docket Number: D-11-0001

URL: http://wyomcases.courts.state.wy.us/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=461789

Order of Interim Suspension

Pursuant to Section 17 of the Disciplinary Code for the Wyoming State Bar, Bar Counsel for the Wyoming State Bar filed, on February 4, 2011, a “Petition for Interim Suspension of Attorney.” The Court, after a careful review of the Petition for Interim Suspension, concludes that the petition for interim suspension should be granted and that Respondent should be suspended from the practice of law pending resolution of the formal charge that has been, or will be, filed against Respondent.