People v. Espe

The respondent in this lawyer discipline case, Richard Curtiss Espe, defaulted before the supreme court grievance committee and has not appeared before this court. A hearing panel of the grievance committee approved the findings and recommendation of a hearing board that Espe be disbarred. We accept the panel’s and board’s recommendations and order Espe disbarred.

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Richard Curtiss Espe was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 1973. On March 26, 1998, we immediately suspended him from the practice of law pending resolution of these proceedings. Since he did not answer the formal complaint…