Opinion
05PDJ068.
September 18, 2006.
Attorney Regulation.
The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved a Conditional Admission of Misconduct submitted by the parties and suspended Respondent Brooks Thomas Robinson (Attorney Registration No. 35001) from the practice of law for a period of three years, effective October 19, 2006. In 2002, before becoming an attorney, Respondent participated in a conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance commonly known as "ecstasy." Respondent submitted his Colorado bar application in May 2003 and failed to disclose that law enforcement agents had questioned him about his own involvement in the conspiracy and that he knew it was possible he could be indicted in the future. On February 4, 2005, Respondent pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(b)(1)(C). On July 21, 2005, the federal district court sentenced him to one year plus one day in federal prison with supervised probation for an additional year. Respondent's misconduct constituted grounds for the imposition of discipline pursuant to C.R.C.P. 251.5 and violated Colo. RPC 8.1(b).