Opinion
08PDJ106.
January 8, 2009.
Attorney Regulation.
The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved a Conditional Admission of Misconduct submitted by the parties and suspended Daynel L. Hooker (Wisconsin Attorney Registration No. 1033854) from the practice of law in the state of Colorado for a period of one year and one day, six months and one day stayed upon the successful completion of a two-year period of probation, effective February 8, 2009. Respondent, an out-of-state attorney practicing law in the state of Colorado, failed to send trust account refund checks for unearned fees to at least four clients who chose to continue their representation with Respondent's former associate. She also recklessly wrote checks from her trust account without sufficient funds to cover them. Her misconduct constituted grounds for the imposition of discipline pursuant to C.R.C.P. 220(3), Colo. RPC 8.5 and C.R.C.P. 251.5, and violated Colo. RPC 1.15(a), Colo. RPC 1.15(c) and Colo. RPC 8.4(c).