attorney regulation
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Colorado Supreme Court approves tenant-friendly rule change, broadens professional discipline for sexual misconduct
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The Colorado Supreme Court approved a set of rule changes last week that will make it easier for tenants facing eviction to respond to and learn about their landlord’s initial court filing, and for lawyers to be held professionally accountable for unlawful sexual conduct. On Dec. 11, the justices enacted a change to the civil…
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Colorado justices hear pleas to expand attorney discipline for sexual misconduct
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court heard from multiple commenters last week about the need to change the rules governing attorney regulation and discipline to allow for investigations of lawyers who committed unlawful sex acts at any point in their careers. The justices scheduled a Nov. 19 hearing to address proposed amendments to the rules…
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Appeals court revives child abuse prosecution despite ex-DA’s ‘inappropriate’ comments to media
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Colorado’s second-highest court reinstated the criminal charges in a Fremont County child abuse case on Thursday, acknowledging the elected district attorney’s public comments about the defendant were “inappropriate” but did not rise to the level of triggering dismissal. Last year, a judge dismissed the case against Brook N. Crawford after then-District Attorney Linda Stanley spoke…
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Intervention v. punishment: Justice William Hood speaks about assistance to struggling lawyers
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A member of the Colorado Supreme Court spoke to attorneys on Thursday about the ways in which lawyers and judges have a duty to intervene when they notice their colleagues struggling to meet their professional obligations. “I tried to search back in my own memory banks. I can remember being a young lawyer and seeing…
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Divided Colorado Supreme Court upholds disbarment of ex-DA Linda Stanley
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The Colorado Supreme Court, by 4-2, upheld the rare disbarment of an elected district attorney on Monday, concluding disciplinary officials correctly barred Linda Stanley from practicing law as a result of her inappropriate comments to the media and her improper attempt to remove a judge from a high-profile murder case. Voters of the 11th Judicial…
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Colorado justices wary of disallowing lawyer from practicing due to honesty, candor issues
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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…
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Colorado Supreme Court committee votes to explore role of AI in practice of law
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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…
