Opinion
No. 03PDJ043.
December 29, 2003.
Attorney Regulation.
The Presiding Disciplinary Judge approved the parties' Conditional Admission of Misconduct and suspended Respondent, Nicholas A. Wimmershoff, attorney registration number 09538 from the practice of law for a period of three years. Respondent transferred funds belonging to clients held in his trust account to his personal account causing an overdraft. Respondent commingled client funds with his personal funds, negligently converted a portion of client funds, failed to keep adequate records with regard to his trust account, and attempted to improperly influence the testimony of his former associate after she contacted the Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel regarding respondent. Respondent's conduct violated Colo. RPC 1.15(a), Colo. RPC 8.4(c), Colo. RPC 1.15(g), Colo. RPC 8.1, Colo. RPC 8.4(d), and Colo. RPC 8.4(h).