In Re Van Buskirk

Tom Alan Van Buskirk is the respondent in this lawyer discipline case. He was initially licensed to practice law in Colorado in 1988. He entered into a conditional admission with the Office of Disciplinary Counsel in which he consented to either a three-year suspension or disbarment. An inquiry panel of the grievance committee approved the conditional admission and recommended a three-year suspension. We accept the conditional admission and the panel’s recommendation.

I. The Conditional Admission

The conditional admission addresses the allegations of misconduct contained in the formal complaint…