Opinion
11PDJ032.
July 7, 2011.
Attorney Regulation.
The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved a Conditional Admission of Misconduct submitted by the parties and suspended Richard Anthony Hernandez (Attorney Registration Number 30627) for a period of forty-five days, all stayed upon the successful completion of one-year period of probation, with conditions, effective July 7, 2011. Herdandez recklessly overbilled the Office of the State Court Administrator ("OSCA") by failing to return sums owed to OSCA for work performed during court-appointed representations and by double-billing OSCA in certain cases. Hernandez knowingly failed to segregate the fees he received from OSCA from those that were in dispute and failed to refund those fees he owed to OSCA. His misconduct constitutes grounds for the imposition of discipline pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.5 and violated Colo. RPC 1.5(a), 8.4(d), and 1.15(c).