In Re Porter

This is a lawyer discipline case. The respondent, Arthur Woods Porter, was licensed to practice law in Colorado in 1983. Porter and the complainant executed a stipulation, agreement, and conditional admission of misconduct, see C.R.C.P. 241.18, which recommended that Porter be suspended from the practice of law for forty-five days. An inquiry panel of the grievance committee approved the conditional admission and its recommendation. We accept the conditional admission and suspend Porter for forty-five days.

I. The Conditional Admission

Charles Hughes hired Porter in June 1994 to determine if he…