People v. Whiting

Original proceedings in discipline were filed in this court by the attorney general wherein the defendant, Charles E. Whiting, was charged by formal complaint with acts of professional misconduct, alleged to be contrary to the highest standards of honesty, justice and morality. The respondent, it was alleged, had agreed to represent clients in some eight lawsuits pending in the courts of Garfield and Eagle Counties, Colorado. Notwithstanding his obligations to his clients, the respondent, on or about April 18, 1974, closed his office in Glenwood Springs and left the state of Colorado without…