Opinion
No. 03PDJ065.
September 26, 2003.
Attorney Regulation.
The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties' Conditional Admission of Misconduct and suspended Respondent, Robert J. Frank, attorney registration number 19765, from the practice of law for a period of sixty days, all stayed upon successful completion of a twenty-four month period of probation, subject to conditions. Respondent employed an individual as a paralegal and bookkeeper who stole funds from the respondent's trust account over a nineteen-month period. Respondent failed to adequately supervise his employee in violation of Colo. RPC 5.3(b), commingled personal funds with trust account funds in violation of Colo. RPC 1.15(a), and negligently misappropriated a portion of a client's funds in violation of Colo. RPC 1.15(a). Respondent was ordered to pay costs of the disciplinary proceeding.