attorney regulation
-
Colorado justices wary of disallowing lawyer from practicing due to honesty, candor issues
—
by
Members of the state Supreme Court seemed hesitant on Tuesday to block a recent law school graduate with a long history of political activism in Colorado from practicing law, despite findings that he obstructed attorney regulators from learning about child neglect and domestic violence allegations. Matthew Tobin Arnold was in his mid-fifties when he graduated…
-
Colorado Supreme Court committee votes to explore role of AI in practice of law
—
by
An advisory committee to the Colorado Supreme Court recently created a subcommittee that will evaluate existing rules barring the unauthorized practice of law to determine if changes are necessary to accommodate emerging artificial intelligence-powered legal tools. The March 1 vote of the Advisory Committee on the Practice of Law came at the request of the…
-
Colorado Supreme Court censures abusive ex-judge from Summit County for second time
—
by
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday censured an ex-trial judge from Summit County who, days after returning from suspension – which the Supreme Court previously ordered for his judicial and criminal misconduct – threatened to put two attorneys in jail and promised to humiliate them in front of 80 jurors for missing a deadline. Former District…
-
State Supreme Court upholds discipline against divorce attorney for misconduct
—
by
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld multiple findings of misconduct against a Denver divorce attorney for prioritizing her own payment above her client’s interests, going so far as to conceal a check she should have disclosed to the other side. Following proceedings before the state’s presiding disciplinary judge last year, Brenda L. Storey received…
