People v. Hughes

This is a lawyer discipline case. On at least four occasions after his driver’s license was revoked, the respondent, Joseph B. Hughes, drove a vehicle. He also failed to appear in two cases involving his illegal driving. Hughes- defaulted before the hearing board. A hearing panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved the findings of a majority of the hearing board and recommended that Hughes be suspended for three years. We accept the hearing panel’s recommendations and suspend the respondent for three years.

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The respondent was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 1975. He did…