People v. C De Baca

This is a lawyer discipline case. A hearing board recommended the suspension of the respondent from the practice of law for a period of two years. A hearing panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved the board’s findings and conclusions but modified the recommendation of discipline to disbarment. We have decided that a two-year suspension is an adequate sanction in this case.

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The respondent was licensed to practice law in Colorado in 1973. The respondent did not answer the formal complaint filed in this case and the hearing board entered a default against him on May 18, 1995.’…