People v. Wallace

This is a lawyer discipline ease in which a hearing panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved the findings of a hearing board, including the recommendation that the respondent be disbarred. The respondent has excepted to the recommendation that he be disbarred as being too severe. We nevertheless accept the recommendation and order that the respondent be disbarred.

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The respondent was admitted to practice law in Colorado in 1989. This proceeding involves the consolidation of three separate complaints. The respondent defaulted before the hearing board because he did not answer any…