Opinion
No. 04PDJ094.
November 29, 2004.
Attorney Regulation.
The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties' Conditional Admission of Misconduct and suspended Respondent Kenneth L. Hall (Registration #16528) from the practice of law for a period of forty (40) days, effective December 30, 2004. This is a reciprocal discipline case. Respondent lives and practices in Nevada, where he pled guilty to gross misdemeanor child abuse and neglect. As a result of this conviction, the Nevada Supreme Court suspended Respondent from the practice of law for a period of forty (40) days. Under C.R.C.P. 251.21(a), a final adjudication of misconduct subjecting an attorney to discipline in another jurisdiction conclusively establishes the misconduct in Colorado disciplinary proceedings. Therefore, Respondent violated Colo. RPC 8.4(b) (commission of a criminal act that reflects adversely on the lawyer's honesty, trustworthiness or fitness as a lawyer in other respects). In accordance with C.R.C.P. 251.21(d), the sanction is the same as imposed in the foreign jurisdiction. In addition, Respondent was ordered to pay costs incurred in conjunction with this proceeding.