Cheung v. Pena

BURDICK, Justice.

Attorney Raymundo G. Pena (Pena) appeals to this Court from an Industrial Commission order requiring him to repay the entire sum of attorney fees paid to him by a former client, Respondent Leanne Cheung (Cheung). The Industrial Commission’s Order Regarding Declaratory Ruling concluded that Pena had not provided Cheung a fee disclosure statement as required by Commission rules, and ordered Pena to forfeit all attorney fees disbursed to him in his representation of Cheung. We affirm in part.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Cheung was driving her automobile between work sites…