In Re a Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Delaware: Koyste

I. INTRODUCTION

This is a lawyer disciplinary proceeding. The respondent, Christopher Koyste, is a solo practitioner, who practices in the areas of criminal defense and land use. The Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) charged Koyste in an eight-count complaint with violating Rules 3.3(a)(1), 3.4(c), 8.4(c), and 8.4(d) of the Delaware Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct (“DLRPC”). The ODC alleged that, during the course of representing a client on felony charges involving alleged sexual abuse of the client’s stepdaughter, Koyste violated the terms of a protective order (“PO”) that had…