Legal Opinion
In re Foster
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided May 23, 2011No. 10SA89PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rice
In this original proceeding in discipline, respondent/appellant attorney Steven James Foster appeals the orders of the Presiding Disciplinary Judge ("PDJ") and disciplinary Hearing Board ("Board") sanctioning Foster for allegedly filing a frivolous appeal and engaging in conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice during the course of a protracted pro se post-dissolution litigation campaign against his now ex-wife, Sherrie Nunn.
Upon review, we reject the Board's conclusion that an attorney's First Amendment right to petition pro se must unilaterally give way to the Colorado Rules of…
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