In Re Trupp

I. Introduction

This is the second time that this attorney regulation case has come before this court. In the prior decision, People v. Trupp ("Trupp I "), we held that: Colorado Rule of Civil Procedure 11(a) applies to attorney regulation proceedings; the presiding disciplin ary judge has exclusive authority over a C.R.C.P. 11(a) motion; and only the assistant attorney regulation counsel who signed the complaint is answerable to the motion. 51 P.3d 985 (Colo.2002). In that earlier case, we did not decide whether the assistant attorney regulation counsel had violated Rule 11(a). Instead, we…