Opinion
No. 02PDJ076.
January 23, 2003.
Attorney Regulation. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties' Conditional Admission of Misconduct and suspended Respondent David Hofer, attorney registration number 13280, from the practice of law in the State of Colorado for a period of one year and one day. In one matter, respondent failed to prepare a written permanent order after being ordered to do so by the court in violation of Colo. RPC 1.3 and Colo. RPC 3.4(c), and failed to respond to the client's repeated requests for information concerning the status of the case in violation of Colo. RPC 1.4(a). In another matter, respondent represented a client in a child support modification matter. The client hired respondent to review a proposed stipulation and counsel the client with regard to certain specific issues. For a three month period, respondent took no action on behalf of the client in violation of Colo. RPC 1.3, and did not return the client's phone calls or otherwise keep the client informed about the status of the matter in violation of Colo. RPC 1.4(a). In a third matter, respondent was retained to act as liaison with out-of-state counsel on post-decree matters. For several months, respondent took no action on the case in violation of Colo. RPC 1.3 and did not return the client's phone calls in violation of Colo. RPC 1.4(a). Ultimately, respondent refunded full payment to the client, which he had failed to keep separate from his own funds, in violation of Colo. RPC 1.15(a). Respondent was ordered to pay the costs of the disciplinary proceeding.