Opinion
No. 02PDJ022.
June 11, 2002.
Attorney Regulation. The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties' Conditional Admission of Misconduct and suspended Respondent, Edward S. Waitkus, attorney registration number 14344, from the practice of law for a period of six months, with the full period of suspension stayed during a two-year period of probation subject to conditions. Respondent represented a client on an uninsured motorist claim for personal injury compensation and failed to take any action on behalf of the client for a three-year period in violation of Colo. RPC 1.3. The client terminated respondent's representation and was later notified by the client's replacement counsel of the potential professional malpractice claim. Despite his knowledge that the former client had hired replacement counsel, respondent met with the former client to discuss the malpractice claim in violation of Colo. RPC 4.2. Respondent was ordered to pay the costs of the disciplinary proceeding.