People v. Cornejo

Full title: People v. Cornejo

Court: Office of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge of the Supreme Court of Colorado

Date published: Apr 8, 2010

10PDJ040 (Colo. Apr. 8, 2010)

Opinion

10PDJ040.

April 8, 2010.

Attorney Regulation.

The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved a Conditional Admission of Misconduct submitted by the parties and publicly censured Derrick Duane Cornejo (Attorney Registration No. 29438) effective April 8, 2010. On January 18, 2007, Respondent pled guilty to an amended charge of Driving While Ability Impaired (1^st offense) in Arapahoe County Court. On January 31, 2007, he pled guilty to Driving While Ability Impaired (2^nd offense) in Douglas County Court. Respondent failed to report either conviction to the People. However, he successfully completed his probation and timely complied with all court orders for his DWAI convictions. His misconduct constituted grounds for the imposition of discipline pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.5 and violated Colo. RPC 8.4(b).